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Apr 2021
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The Code of Life and CRISPR with Jennife...

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON
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Designer babies? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice sit down with biographer Walter Isaacson to explore Neil’s interview with Nobel Prize-winning biochemist, Jennifer Doudna, about her pioneering work with CRISPR technology. 
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