
Gene Drives Shown to Work in Female Mice
Biologists have demonstrated for the first time that a controversial genetic engineering technology works, with caveats, in mammals
Jordana Cepelewicz is a science writer based in New York City.
Biologists have demonstrated for the first time that a controversial genetic engineering technology works, with caveats, in mammals
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