add the bacteria to start the fermentation process and then used the lactose to solidify milk at nc state's plants and microbial biology lab, rodolphe's colleague, mary beth dallas, is facing this daunting prospect. - i manage this lab and i also do research on cassava. - [kondwani] also known as the yuca plant, cassava is the primary food staple collectively take in the excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, cooling the climate, and restoring balance to the world's ecosystem. (dramatic electronic music) - as i see it, gene editing is both a faster and more precise method for artificial selection. while it works in microbes and plants, how feasible is gene editing in our biologically complex organisms, like animals? i'm in davis, california to meet geneticist, alison van eenennaam. she's a pioneer in this fid. now i'm getting acquainted with her work. (cattle snorts) oh, no! - scientists tend to be problem solvers and wanna try and address problems using the best method they can, and my lab is trying to breed better cattle. - [kondwani] there are about 1 billion cattle on earth. that's

at nc state's plants and microbial biology lab, rodolphe's colleague, mary beth dallas, is facing this daunting prospect. - i manage this lab and i also do research on cassava. - [kondwani] also known as the yuca plant, cassava is the primary food staple of nearly 1 billion people. - cassava plant is very close to my heart. - [kondwani] this root vegetable is kind of like a potato and is widely grown across africa and the americas. - they can actually harvest the tubers and make flour, and they can make breads out of that. they can also eat the greens. it's really a nice plant. - yeah, and me being a native zambian, that's where i was born. i grew up eating cassava, as well as cassava leaf. so (chuckles) it has special- - you know all about it. - i know all about it. so it has a special place in my heart, it's supposed to. but there's a problem. a malady called cassava mosaic disease is ravaging this critical food source. in africa alone, it's destroyed cassava crops, leading to numerous famines. - you can see here, the devastation of the plants. it gets really thin leaves and a mosaic

it is still taught at another school -- until someone retired, it was taught at nc state. we do have a problem because some folks deal with -- we are dealing with product -- broader issues, the world. forget about the community that they are supposed to be serving. >> i think you bring up a really good point, something that the field history and public history both need to grapple with, which is that if you are interested in this space but thought you would not be allowed to tell the truth in that space, that would not necessarily lead the degree you want. if you are thinking i am trying to write this promise story and my tenure committee what knock this down -- what knock this down -- that is something we really need to grapple with quickly because in the day and age of podcasts and a create your own broadcast, while -- i am a personal fan of academia and that kind of rigor, it is not required to get the story out so i think we need to think about that and grapple with, if you want younger. who are coming up in this generation, all about unnerving the truth in any 20 are

nc declaration. we've seen san francisco do it last week, and now the state of california.s that the right call or should the administration actually do just that? i think the administration has two and again . it's like, you know, to really have ah! and to this outbreak. we need a national strategy. we need everyone working together in a haydn way because we're not doing a good job right now. this time in francisco cases doubled within the last week. just really quickly before we let you go with any vaccine. there are risks. do you know of any risks or downsides associated with the monkey pox vaccine? no, there are no risks right now with the currently uh, you know, available genius vaccine, which is the new generation vaccine in the old vaccine, which is the one that many adults who have 50 what have received. for if for immune compromise pregnant individuals, uh, it didn't you know, basically come back alive because it's a live vaccine. so that's why we're you know, everyone's really, uh, promoting the currently a new generation genius vaccine. alright well, we will let