A powerful new technology could be used to manipulate nature by changing a species gene pool through reproduction, and it has scientists proceeding with caution. Kevin Esvelt, research associate at the Wyss Institute, led the research. George Church, Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics, is quoted.
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