NOVA Wonders Can We Make Life?

"It's alive!" Since Dr. Frankenstein spoke those famous words, we've been alternately enthralled and terrified by the idea of creating life in the lab. Now, a revolution in genetic engineering and thrilling innovations in synthetic biology are bringing that dream—or nightmare, as the case may be—closer to reality. New tools allow researchers to use cells to create their own DNA.

CRISPR makes gene editing faster, cheaper, and easier than ever before. Here's how.

Mixing mammoth and elephant genes could be the key to saving the Arctic.

CAR-T Gene Therapy is a new treatment for some forms of Leukemia and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.

Kevin Esvelt is on a mission to eradicate Lyme disease on Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.