How designing brand-new enzymes could change the world

Title:
How designing brand-new enzymes could change the world
Speaker:
Adam Garske
Description:

"If DNA is the blueprint of life, enzymes are the laborers that carry out its instructions," says chemical biologist Adam Garske. In this fun talk and demo, he shows how scientists can now edit and design enzymes for specific functions -- to help treat diseases like diabetes, create energy-efficient laundry detergent and even capture greenhouse gases -- and performs his own enzyme experiment onstage.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
13:12
Format: HTML5
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