Designer babies, the end of diseases, genetically modified humans that never age. Outrageous things that used to be science fiction are suddenly becoming reality. The only thing we know for sure is that things will change irreversibly. Support us on Patreon so we can make more videos (and get cool stuff in return): https://www.patreon.com/Kurzgesagt?ty=h Kurzgesagt merch here: http://bit.ly/1P1hQIH Get the music of the video here: soundcloud: http://bit.ly/2aRxNZd bandcamp: http://bit.ly/2berrSW http://www.epic-mountain.com Thanks to Volker Henn, James Gurney and (prefers anonymity) for help with this video! THANKS A LOT TO OUR LOVELY PATRONS FOR SUPPORTING US: Jeffrey Schneider, Konstantin Kaganovich, Tom Leiser, Archie Castillo, Russell Eishard, Ben Kershaw, Marius Stollen, Henry Bowman, Ben Johns, Bogdan Radu, Sam Toland, Pierre Thalamy, Christopher Morgan, Rocks Arent People, Ross Devereux, Pascal Michaud, Derek DuBreuil, Sofia Quintero, Robert Swiniarski, Merkt Kızılırmak, Michelle Rowley, Andy Dong, Saphir Patel, Harris Rotto, Thomas Huzij, Ryan James Burke, NTRX, Chaz Lewis, Amir Resali, The War on Stupid, John Pestana, Lucien Delbert, iaDRM, Jacob Edwards, Lauritz Klaus, Jason Hunt, Marcus : ), Taylor Lau, Rhett H Eisenberg, Mr.Z, Jeremy Dumet, Fatman13, Kasturi Raghavan, Kousora, Rich Sekmistrz, Mozart Peter, Gaby Germanos, Andreas Hertle, Alena Vlachova, Zdravko Šašek SOURCES AND FURTHER READING: The best book we read about the topic: GMO Sapiens https://goo.gl/NxFmk8 (affiliate link, we get a cut if buy the book!) – Good Overview by Wired: http://bit.ly/1DuM4zq –timeline of computer development: http://bit.ly/1VtiJ0N – Selective breeding: http://bit.ly/29GaPVS – DNA: http://bit.ly/1rQs8Yk – Radiation research: http://bit.ly/2ad6wT1 – inserting DNA snippets into organisms: http://bit.ly/2apyqbj – First genetically modified animal: http://bit.ly/2abkfYO – First GM patent: http://bit.ly/2a5cCox – chemicals produced by GMOs: http://bit.ly/29UvTbh http://bit.ly/2abeHwU http://bit.ly/2a86sBy – Flavr Savr Tomato: http://bit.ly/29YPVwN – First Human Engineering: http://bit.ly/29ZTfsf – glowing fish: http://bit.ly/29UwuJU – CRISPR: http://go.nature.com/24Nhykm – HIV cut from cells and rats with CRISPR: http://go.nature.com/1RwR1xI http://ti.me/1TlADSi – first human CRISPR trials fighting cancer: http://go.nature.com/28PW40r first human CRISPR trial approved by Chinese for August 2016: http://go.nature.com/29RYNnK – genetic diseases: http://go.nature.com/2a8f7ny – pregnancies with Down Syndrome terminated: http://bit.ly/2acVyvg ( 1999 European study) – CRISPR and aging: http://bit.ly/2a3NYAV http://bit.ly/SuomTy http://go.nature.com/29WpDj1 http://ti.me/1R7Vus9 Help us caption & translate this video! http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?c=UCsXVk37bltHxD1rDPwtNM8Q&tab=2