Gene editing: should you be worried?

From combating climate change, to curing disease, to creating designer babies, gene-editing technologies have the potential to transform lives. What risks do they pose? 00:00 - Gene editing: risk v reward 01:06 - Cavendish bananas are under threat 03:47 - GM crops have a bad reputation 05:18 - GM mosquitoes could reduce transmissible viruses 07:50 - Ethical concerns around genetic interventions 09:30 - Editing genes with CRISPR 10:57 - CRISPR could cure sickle-cell disease 12:31 - Controversial applications of CRISPR 15:23 - Could gene editing lead to designer babies? 16:20 - Germline editing is causing international outcry 18:37 - CRIPSR could revolutionise agriculture and combat climate change 21:11 - Using genetic editing to rescue wild populations 23:30 - Gene editing may transform life on earth. Sign up to our daily newsletter: Read the tech quarterly on protecting biodiversity How to edit a human: The safety of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing is being debated How AI can make health care better: watch here: Studying cancer genomes gene by gene could improve treatment: Technology can help conserve biodiversity: The sequencing of genetic material is a powerful conservation tool: How DNA and proteins work: