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Nerissa Hoglen

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Monday, March 7, 2016 - 12:21

Genome Editing Opens Brave New World

By Nerissa Hoglen
From Brave New World to Gattaca, the repercussions of gaining genetic control over people’s traits has constantly preoccupied science fiction. The recent development of the CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technique is now making those concerns a preoccupation of science, no fiction necessary.
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