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Mary Wakefield

What will you do in the gene-editing revolution?

9 March 2017

3:00 PM

9 March 2017

3:00 PM

The only time I ever saw a wolf in the wild, a small one, I was so frightened that I closed my eyes. It was a useful insight into the depths of my own cowardice.

Every day, with each new story about the exciting breakthroughs we’re making in genetic engineering, I feel that same shameful urge to shut my eyes.

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