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The Genetic Revolution Has Begun - George Church on What Comes Next (#274)

Nov 4, 2025 · 16m

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We’ve entered a new age. Where nature once took a million years to make a few genetic changes, scientists can now make billions in an afternoon — and even imagine adapting humans for life beyond Earth. George Church, a Harvard geneticist, pioneer of the Human Genome Project, and founder of more than 50 biotech companies, helped lay the foundation for CRISPR, personal genomics, and even de-extinction. In this episode, he explains how biotechnology, AI, and materials science are converging to...