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Gavin Bowen-Metcalf, Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University

What is gene editing and how could it shape our future?

Gene editing revolutionised science. PopTika/Shutterstock

It is the most exciting time in genetics since the discovery of DNA in 1953. This is mainly due to scientific breakthroughs including the ability to change DNA through a process called gene editing.

The potential for this technology is astonishing – from treating genetic diseases, modifying food crops to withstanding pesticides or changes in our climate, or even to bring the dodo “back to life”, as one company claims it hopes to do.

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