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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kevin Esvelt is an assistant professor at the MIT Media Lab where he leads the Sculpting Evolution group
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CRISPR and understanding gene editing The benefits and the risks of science that can change the world. Photo by cele-4 At MIT's Media Lab, Kevin Esvelt runs the Sculpting Evolution group. He works with genetic science that is increasing the power of human beings to control the natural world. He's on his way to Nantucket, Massachusetts and an experiment for controlling Lyme disease by "taking out the mice."
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