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Genetic engineering: Can it cure all diseases? (2022x39)

Udgivelsesdato: Nov 01, 2022

Research into our genetic blueprint has incredible potential: In this film, the reporter meets a six-year-old boy in Kiel who was born almost blind. Thanks to gene therapy, he can now see again. If doctors find the exact error in the DNA, doctors can treat the disease specifically. CTRL_F Reporter Mirco himself also benefits from this. Thanks to the discovery of a human geneticist from Belgium, he lives with leukemia without any major restrictions. Genetic engineering is probably one of the most powerful weapons in modern medicine. But where does this leave us if many diseases are wiped out like this? Will we grow old forever? In the USA they are researching this on a large scale. The lifespan of mice can already be extended today and visionaries like Aubrey de Gray believe that the first human being will be born to live to be 1000 years old. Also because people may soon be born who no longer get any hereditary diseases.