Reshaping Evolution

New innovations in gene and stem cell technology have the power to shape ecosystems and even change humanity. In this episode of NPR’s TED Radio Hour hour, Jennifer Doudna and other TED speakers share the breakthroughs heralding the next scientific revolution.

In 2011, biochemist Jennifer Doudna helped discover the genetic editing tool CRISPR. Today CRISPR is actively deployed in clinical trials with the potential to cure disease—and alter human evolution.