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  "id": 10694387,
  "title": "The part of CRISPR that keeps scientists up at night",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/the-part-of-crispr-that-keeps-scientists-up-at-night",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-29T13:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Big Think",
    "slug": "big-think",
    "url": "https://bigthink.com/the-well/the-part-of-crispr-that-keeps-scientists-up-at-night/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Jennifer Doudna, biochemist and CRISPR co-inventor, walks through the technology’s biggest ethical flashpoints: the 2018 announcement of the first gene-edited babies, the use of gene drives to spread edited traits through wild populations like mosquitoes, and the growing (if overhyped) push to revive extinct species like the dire wolf. Doudna explains why she still feels a personal sense of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}