Radical Science
Editing Humanity
Genetic engineering and personalised medicine
With advances in techniques like gene editing, laboratory organ cultivation, and tissue regeneration, medicine has made giant leaps forward. What are the ethical and scientific limits of biomedicine and how might it evolve in the coming years?
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Josep Samitier and Jorge Volpi
The medicine of the future
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