How Gene Editing Is Curing Disease

Synopsis

Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/real-science-how-crispr-is-curing-disease New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesamma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Credits: Writer/Narrator/Editor: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (https://www.youtube.com/c/realengineering) References: [1] https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/sicklecell/data.html#:~:text=SCD%20affects%20approximately%20100%2C000%20Americans,sickle%20cell%20trait%20(SCT). [2] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/23/877543610/a-year-in-1st-patient-to-get-gene-editing-for-sickle-cell-disease-is-thriving [3] https://www.quantamagazine.org/crispr-natural-history-in-bacteria-20150206/ [4] http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2014/crispr-a-game-changing-genetic-engineering-technique/ [5] http://ir.crisprtx.com/static-files/da1909c1-e5fb-4232-99fe-0013a11fab61 [6]https://www.nature.com/articles/d41587-019-00035-2 [7]https://investors.vrtx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/crispr-therapeutics-and-vertex-announce-positive-safety-and [8] https://www.texaschildrens.org/health/bone-marrow-transplantation-children-sickle-cell-disease#:~:text=To%20create%20space%20in%20the,similar%20to%20a%20blood%20transfusion. [9] https://www.vox.com/2018/7/23/17594864/crispr-cas9-gene-editing