The Gene: An Intimate History English Subtitles

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NARRATOR: IN NOVEMBER, 2018,

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A 34-YEAR-OLD CHINESE RESEARCHERNAMED HE JIANKUI

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MADE A STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT
TO THE WORLD VIA YOUTUBE.

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TWO BEAUTIFUL LITTLE CHINESE
GIRLS NAMED LULU AND NANA

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CAME CRYING INTO THE WORLD
AS HEALTHY AS ANY OTHER BABIES.

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NARRATOR: WORKING IN SECRET,
HE HAD TAKEN

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THE POWER OF HEREDITY
INTO HIS OWN HANDS.

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FOR THE FIRST TIME,
HE HAD INTENTIONALLY

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[BEEPING]

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NARRATOR: BY THE 1980s,

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THE WORLD HAD ENTERED
THE AGE OF THE GENE.

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FROM HIGH SCHOOL
BIOLOGY CLASSES

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TO CRIME FIGHTING,
TO HOLLYWOOD MOVIES,

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THE IDEA OF THE GENE
HAD CAPTURED THE
POPULAR IMAGINATION.

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PEOPLE BEGAN TO ASSUME
THAT EVERYTHING

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THAT MADE THEM WHO THEY WERE--

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