Sheldon Krimsky

Tufts University

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Professor of at Tufts University, focusing on the linkages between science, ethics and public policy; editor of Race and the Genetic Revolution: Science, Myth and Culture

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Ever since scientists discovered they could tamper with genetic material, people have questioned whether the technology is too powerful and too dangerous to unleash on the world.

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Ever since scientists discovered they could tamper with genetic material, people have questioned whether the technology is too powerful and too dangerous to unleash on the world.

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