The latest in GMO panic: Human engineering

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By Amelia UrryApr 30, 2015, 5:39 pm53 pts
When the news broke last week, suddenly we were there: the future. Scientists had edited human DNA, both breaking a long-standing research taboo and crossing yet another thing off the sci-fi-IRL to-do list. Bring on the references to Gattaca, or to Brave New World, or to Margaret Atwood’s MaddAdam trilogy…

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