It’s a technology that scientists say could fundamentally alter entire populations. The Pentagon has expressed alarm about what terrorists might do with “gene drives.” Meanwhile, scientists are researching how they could be used to stop the spread of intractable diseases like malaria. So how did a group of college students come close to creating a gene drive as part of a science competition?

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