The Crispr Revolution - Genetic Engineering in Medicine and Sports

This documentary explores the promises and dilemmas of gene editing. We travel to the Argentine pampas to meet the first gene-edited polo horses in history, bred to enhance performance in one of the world’s most demanding equestrian sports. In Heidelberg, we meet a rising star in medical research who is developing a new cancer treatment using gene-edited immune cells — a therapy that could fundamentally transform how the disease is treated. And on a farm near Munich, scientists are working with gene-edited pigs whose organs may one day help solve the global shortage of donor hearts.

In 2020, the discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 earned two scientists the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, marking a turning point in biotechnology. Yet the possibilities of gene editing also raise profound questions. How do we balance scientific progress with ethical responsibility and societal oversight? And could CRISPR-Cas9 mark the beginning of a new era that changes life as we know it?