Take for example last month’s approval of a new gene-edited citrus rootstock designed to help fight citrus greening disease.

It is the most exciting time in genetics since the discovery of DNA in 1953. This is mainly due to scientific breakthroughs including the ability to change DNA through a process called gene editing.

"What makes a movie a movie is the editing," says Zach Staenberg in the documentary "The Cutting Edge." Admittedly, Staenberg is an editor, most famously of the "Matrix" movies, but he's not wrong.