In this episode, I explain what would typically happen if an organism with a novel trait was released into the wild (it gets diluted out) versus what happens when the novel gene is driven by the CRISPR system (it spreads to all the population). https://youtu.be/5fR9hyFTS0w

I discuss embryonic stem cells and the famous 2006 Cell paper showing that differentiated cells can be reprogrammed to be pluripotent stem cells known as iPS cells (induced pluripotent stem cells). Induction of pluripotent stem cells from mouse embryonic and adult fibroblast cultures by defined factors: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16... https://youtu.be/3jecVcbEXFk