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Future Human

Emily Mullin

Oct 20, 2020

5 min read

Reengineering Life

A Startup Is Making Thousands of Gene-Edited Pigs Because Humans Need Their Organs

Scientists are using CRISPR to address the global organ shortage

Reengineering Life is a series from Future Human about the astonishing ways genetic technology is changing humanity and the world around us.

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Future Human is a science publication from Medium about the survival of our species. It is run by the OneZero editorial team, which also publishes stories about major forces in technology through its namesake publication and stories about gadgets on Debugger.

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Emily Mullin

Emily Mullin

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Former staff writer at Medium, where I covered biotech, genetics, and Covid-19 for OneZero, Future Human, Elemental, and the Coronavirus Blog.

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