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From eradicating disease to selecting a child’s traits, gene editing gives humans the chance to hack biology. Meet the real people behind the science.
Original Release
10/18/2019
US Release
10/18/2019
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Ishee | Self |
Jeffrey Kahn | Self - Bioethicist / Self - Bioethicist (as Dr. Jeffrey Khan) |
Mary Ann Higgins | Self - Jackson's Mother |
Tristan Roberts | Self (HIV Positive) |
Jackson Kennedy | Self (Leber's Congenital Amaurosis) |
Aaron Traywick | Self - CEO, Ascendance |
Kevin Esvelt | Self - Evolutionary Engineer |
Josiah Zayner | Self - Biophysicist (Dr. Josiah Zayner) / Self - Biophysicist |
Jennifer Doudna | Self - Co-Discoverer of CRISPR |
Preston Estep III | Self - Geneticist |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Cut, Paste, Life | Friday, 18 October 2019 |
2 | The First to Try | Friday, 18 October 2019 |
3 | Changing an Entire Species | Friday, 18 October 2019 |
4 | Our Next Generation | Friday, 18 October 2019 |
Directors
Cast
Name | Character |
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David Ishee | Self |
Jeffrey Kahn | Self - Bioethicist / Self - Bioethicist (as Dr. Jeffrey Khan) |
Mary Ann Higgins | Self - Jackson's Mother |
Tristan Roberts | Self (HIV Positive) |
Jackson Kennedy | Self (Leber's Congenital Amaurosis) |
Aaron Traywick | Self - CEO, Ascendance |
Kevin Esvelt | Self - Evolutionary Engineer |
Josiah Zayner | Self - Biophysicist (Dr. Josiah Zayner) / Self - Biophysicist |
Jennifer Doudna | Self - Co-Discoverer of CRISPR |
Preston Estep III | Self - Geneticist |
Mac Davis | Self - Ascendance Labs |
Dirk Higgins | Self - Jackson's Step Father |
Dana Perls | Self - Friends of the Earth |
Alekos Simoni | Self - Molecular Biologist |
Brian Piazza | Self - Nick's Brother |
Ronald Ross | Self - Nobel Prize for Physiology / Medicine |
Victor Dzau | Self - President, U.S. National Academy of Medicine |
John Zhang | Self - Fertility Specialist |
Giovanni Battista Grassi | Self - Physician & Zoologist |
Pavlo Mazur | Self - Embryologist |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joe Egender | Executive Producer |
Shaul Schwarz | Executive Producer |
Brandon Hill | Executive Producer |
Leeor Kaufman | Executive Producer |
Christina Clusiau | Executive Producer |
Christian Thompson | Executive Producer |
Álvaro Guzmán Bastida | Producer |
Melissa Narvaez | Producer |
Chris Sandstrom | Producer |
Editors
Bill Sebastian, Mohamed Elsafty, James Morrison, Connor Kalista