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You can\u2019t pick your parents.\xa0But soon you may be able to change the DNA they gave you.\xa0CRISPR technology is poised to take DNA editing to new levels of precision and speed.\xa0Imagine deleting genes from your body that you don\u2019t like and inserting the ones you want.\xa0The swap might not even require a fancy lab.\xa0Biohackers are already tinkering with genes in their homes.\xa0\nFind out how CRISPR technology might change everything when the genetic lottery is no longer destiny.\xa0\nPlus, a cardiologist identifies the troublesome genes that once gave us evolutionary advantages but today are fueling obesity, depression and other modern illness.\nGuests:\n\n\nLee Goldman \u2013 Cardiologist, dean of Columbia University Medical Center, author of \u201cToo Much of a Good Thing; How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us\u201d\xa0\n\n\nJacob Corn \u2013 Scientific director, Innovative Genomics Initiative, University of California, Berkeley\n\n\nKatelynn Kazane \u2013 Research assistant, Innovative Genomics Initiative,\xa0University of California, Berkeley\n\n\nJosiah Zayner - Biohacker, former NASA synthetic biologist.\xa0His biohacking store.\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices