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What AI could mean for healthcare
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What AI could mean for healthcare

A team from IBM and the Cleveland Clinic published a strategy for using AI to find new targets for immunotherapy

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CRISPR gets an AI upgrade

CRISPR, the gene-editing method that won two female scientists the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, may soon get infused with artificial intelligence.

How medical technology will transform human life - Siddhartha Mukherjee
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How medical technology will transform human life - Siddhartha Mukherjee

On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer and Siddhartha Mukherjee explore the many ways medical technology will transform our lives and help humans surpass physical and mental limitations.

Siddhartha Mukherjee: CRISPR, AI, and cloning could transform the human race
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Siddhartha Mukherjee: CRISPR, AI, and cloning could transform the human race

Technologies like CRISPR gene editing, synthetic biology, bionics integrated with AI, and cloning will create "new humans," says Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee on the latest edition of GZERO World with Ian Bremmer.

From CRISPR to cloning: The science of new humans
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From CRISPR to cloning: The science of new humans

On GZERO World, Ian Bremmer sits down with physician and biologist Siddhartha Mukherjee to explore the recent advances, benefits, and risks of human enhancement with technology.

A graphical representation of the human head | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer the podcast
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Podcast: Tracking the rapid rise of human-enhancing biotech with Siddhartha Mukherjee

Listen: Medical and biotechnologies like gene editing with CRISPR, synthetic organs, cloning, and AI-powered prosthetics that are helping to eradicate disease, and improve the human condition. But there’s also potential for misuse and ethical implications. Ian Bremmer delves into that tension on the GZERO World Podcast with physician and biologist Siddhartha Mukherjee.

Ian Explains: Will biotech breakthroughs lead to super humans?
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Ian Explains: Will biotech breakthroughs lead to super humans?

Medical technology could lead to a new breed of super humans. On Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer looks at the evolution of human enhancement, tracing its roots from ancient history to recent ground-breaking tools like CRISPR gene editing, AI-powered prosthetics, and brain implants.

Scientist Jennifer Doudna on making CRISPR technology viable — and affordable — for everyone
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Scientist Jennifer Doudna on making CRISPR technology viable — and affordable — for everyone

While global cooperation on public health issues like access to COVID vaccines continues to sputter, a group of scientists from around the world are quietly working on making CRISPR gene-editing technology within reach for rich and poor nations alike. "We're going to want to work as quickly as possible to scale it to a point where that also helps bring down the cost," says Jennifer Doudna, who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on CRISPR. Watch her interview with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.

CRISPR and the gene-editing revolution
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CRISPR and the gene-editing revolution

CRISPR stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats. You don't have to remember that, but you should know that this new gene editing technique can literally change life as we know it. Through CRISPR, scientists are now able to precisely edit DNA sequences in living things. They hope to be able to cure genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia and hereditary blindness. CRISPR may even be used to treat cancer and HIV. There's a darker side to CRISPR. Ian Bremmer explains what we know and don't know about the brave new world of gene editing.

What is CRISPR? Gene editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna explains
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What is CRISPR? Gene editing pioneer Jennifer Doudna explains

You may have heard of CRISPR, but don't know exactly what it is, or how it works. Ian Bremmer asked Jennifer Doudna, who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her work on this gene-editing technology. CRISPR, she says, basically allows scientists to not only study but also make precise, targeted changes to DNA, the "code of life."