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Is this a faster, better treatment for blood and solid tumor cancers?
Stephen Hatfield looking in a micrscope in a dark lab room.

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Is this a faster, better treatment for blood and solid tumor cancers?

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Novel synthetic biology technique could lead to breakthroughs in disease treatment

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Novel synthetic biology technique could lead to breakthroughs in disease treatment

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Gene editing embryos may lead to ‘pursuit of a conception of perfection’
For the first time, scientists have successfully edited a fatal genetic mutation out of human embryos. This advancement brings society one step closer to erasing some hereditary diseases, but what are the ethical implications of that power? Three Northeastern professors weigh in.

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Gene editing embryos may lead to ‘pursuit of a conception of perfection’

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