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    CRISPR and understanding gene editing

    The benefits and the risks of science that can change the world.

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    By Warren Olney • Jul 24, 2017 • 1 min read

    The benefits and the risks of science that can change the world.

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    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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      Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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    Why can't the GOP seem to get anything done?
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    2. 7:51Does it take two parties to govern?
    3. 41:41CRISPR and understanding gene editingYou’re reading this
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