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Evolution, Ethics, and Engineering Wild Mice to Stop Lyme Disease

Esvelt, Kevin
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When and how should we consider editing wild organisms, and how can communities guide research intended to change our shared environment? The Mice Against Ticks project, which aims to prevent Lyme disease by editing white-footed mice so they can't infect ticks, is trying to find out.
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Evolution, Ethics, and Engineering Wild Mice to Stop Lyme Disease
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2024-04-08
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Darwin Fest 2024
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13013/3249
Abstract
When and how should we consider editing wild organisms, and how can communities guide research intended to change our shared environment? The Mice Against Ticks project, which aims to prevent Lyme disease by editing white-footed mice so they can't infect ticks, is trying to find out.
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Salem State Biology Department, Earth Days and the College of Arts and Sciences
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