New TV show starring Jennifer Lopez called CRISPR

[Abizar Lakdawalla]

Jennifer Lopez will be teaming up with NBC to produce a futuristic crime drama entitled ‘C.R.I.S.P.R’. The procedural thriller will be set “five minutes” in the future and will explore a “next generation of terror” in the form of DNA hacking. From a “genetic assassination attempt” on the president, to framing an unborn child for murder. At the centre of the drama is a CDC scientist, who is paired with an FBI agent to take down a “diabolical genius with a twisted God complex”. Expect cat and mouse shenanigans between mentor and protege as they “battle for control over the human genome… in which the future of our species may rest.”

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/sifter/jennifer-lopez-set-produce-nbc-bio-terror-drama-crispr

[Sebastian S Cocioba]

I'm so excited to see J Lo be upset at yet another failed PCR or dramatically email GeneWiz to re-run sample 34A. The diabolical genius with the god complex laughing manically as she mini-preps a PCR-positive clone from overnight culture! The suspense will be to die for... 

Sebastian S. Cocioba

CEO & Founder

New York Botanics, LLC

Blog: ATinyGreenCell.com

On Oct 20, 2016, at 5:35 PM, Abizar Lakdawalla <abi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Jennifer Lopez will be teaming up with NBC to produce a futuristic crime drama entitled ‘C.R.I.S.P.R’. The procedural thriller will be set “five minutes” in the future and will explore a “next generation of terror” in the form of DNA hacking. From a “genetic assassination attempt” on the president, to framing an unborn child for murder. At the centre of the drama is a CDC scientist, who is paired with an FBI agent to take down a “diabolical genius with a twisted God complex”. Expect cat and mouse shenanigans between mentor and protege as they “battle for control over the human genome… in which the future of our species may rest.”

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/sifter/jennifer-lopez-set-produce-nbc-bio-terror-drama-crispr

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[Cathal Garvey]

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[shamrock]

I have my doubts about a show like this being good for the diy-bio community. 

[Nathan McCorkle]

On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 6:26 PM, shamrock <thmsb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have my doubts about a show like this being good for the diy-bio
> community.

Maybe this is how the regulators are regulating. Convince the masses
to "self-regulate" and cry for restrictive laws, rather than blatantly
pushing a political agenda.

Is X-men all we've got going in Hollywood for transhumanism/pro-GMO
entertainment?

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[ukitel]

I think instead that it might actually boost interest in DIYbio and attract more people...

On Thursday, 20 October 2016 23:35:40 UTC+2, Abizar Lakdawalla wrote: