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Aug 4, 2019

George Church Told Us Why He’s Listing Superhuman Gene Hacks

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, genetics

On Wednesday, we wrote about a database of mutations that could give people superhuman characteristics or medical benefits.

The database, which reads like a real-life skill tree from a video game, is housed on the website of famed Harvard geneticist George Church. Now Church has opened up, telling Futurism why he assembled the list and how he hopes others will use it as gene-hacking technology develops.

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