Curated Video
Intv. with Roger D. Kornberg, Nobel prize winner for chemistry
1. Wide of Roger D. Kornberg standing in his kitchen with his father Arthur as telephone rings
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Roger D. Kornberg, Nobel Chemistry Prize winner:
"I was initially stunned even shocked by the news and I would say it...
Curated Video
CUBA: CASTRO TALKS WITH HUN SEN TO STRENGTHEN TIES
Natural Sound
Cuban President Fidel Castro has held private talks with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana.
Hun Sen, who arrived in Cuba on Wednesday, is on a five-day visit aimed at strengthening...
Curated Video
Virtual pop star acts in live classical performance
LEAD IN:A virtual pop star is sharing the stage with one of Japan's top kabuki theatre actors in a new high-tech show.The show's creators hope that giving kabuki a modern twist will make this traditional Japanese art form more accessible...
Curated Video
Scientist told US Nobelist about gene-editing
Long before the claim of the world's first gene-edited babies became public, Chinese researcher He Jiankui shared the news with a US Nobel laureate who objected to the experiment yet remained an adviser to He's biotech company.
Curated Video
NASA twins study explores space, the final genetic frontier +ARCHIVE EDIT+
US ASTRONAUT HEALTH
Curated Video
NASA twins study explores space, the final genetic frontier +ARCHIVE EDIT+
US ASTRONAUT HEALTH
Curated Video
NASA twins study explores space, the final genetic frontier +ARCHIVE EDIT+
US ASTRONAUT HEALTH
Curated Video
Researchers convicted in gene-edited baby case
Three researchers involved in the births of genetically edited babies have been sentenced for practicing medicine illegally, Chinese state media said Monday.
Curated Video
Madrid university faculties join forces against virus
A team of veterinarian researchers is leading a volunteer effort at the Complutense University of Madrid to analyse coronavirus tests after putting its facilities at the service of the Spanish Health Ministry.
Bloomberg
23andMe Gives Customers Plenty of Surprises
Anne Wojcicki, 23andMe CEO and co-founder, talks about the reactions customers have when they get their DNA test results back. She's on "The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations." This was recorded on July 21 in Palo Alto.
Curated Video
The Twin Birthrate Is On The Rise
Researchers analyzed birth records in 100 countries and found since the 1980s, twin birth rose by a third.
Curated Video
UN food agency approves biotech crops
1. UN flag over FAO's Rome offices
2. FAO atrium
3. Conference room
4. Table with speakers
5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Hartwig de Haen, Assistant Director General, FAO
"It is in this context that we examine one aspect and subject of...
Bloomberg
Still Lots to Learn on How Genetics Impact Covid-19: Johns Hopkins
Jun.10 -- Johns Hopkins Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine Lauren Sauer discusses asymptomatic transmission of Covid-19, and learning more about how genetics impact the virus. She speaks with Bloomberg’s Francine Lacqua on...
Curated Video
Tour of biotechnology lab; scientist comments
1. Wide exterior of Latin American Medical School
2. Mid shot of Cuban flag
3. Mid shot of picture of Che Guevara smoking hanging on the wall
4. Various of model for the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
5. Mid shot...
Bloomberg
Can a Different Diet Reprogram Your DNA?
The burgeoning field of "nutrigenomics" claims that the food we eat can alter our genetics. Dietitians, scientists and lifestyle companies have all hopped on the bandwagon.
Curated Video
Greenpeace protest against GM food company
1. Rappelling Greenpeace protesters unfurling banner on building
2. Protester rappelling down building
3. Various of banner on building "Monsanto + WTO = Environmental destruction"
4. Protester waving peace sign, as he holds on to...
Curated Video
Scientists say they have cloned rare pashmina goat
1. Various of Noori, cloned Himalayan goat with her surrogate mother in sheep-breeding centre at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology
2. Mid of Noori, zoom to close-up
3. Noori being handed to veterinarian...
Bloomberg
A Brief History of Gene Editing
Feb.26 -- From a monk experimenting on pea plants to genetically modified babies born in China, this is how gene editing has become a subject of great anticipation and fear. (Video by Leila Hussain & Christian Capestany)
Bloomberg
Can the Human Genome Be Built in a Lab?
June 3 -- Bloomberg View's Faye Flam discusses the scientific efforts to create a synthetic version of the human genetic code in a lab. She speaks with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg West."
Curated Video
Carol Greider, who along with two other Americans won the Nobel Prize in medicine, for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic operations of cells, called the award a 'tribute to curiosity driven basic science.' (Oct. 5)
HEADLINE: Greider: Nobel prize a 'tribute to curiosity'
CAPTION: Carol Greider, who along with two other Americans won the Nobel Prize in medicine, for discovering a key mechanism in the genetic operations of cells, called the award a...
Bloomberg
How Genetic Engineering Tool Crispr Could Change Humanity
June 1 -- Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, or Crispr, is a new genetic engineering tool that allows scientists to easily move around the genes of any living creature. In this episode of Sooner Than You Think,...