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Can Gene-Edited Mice Solve the Lyme Crisis?

07.25.2018 - By The Wall Street JournalPlay

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Lyme disease is rampant on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. MIT scientists believe that releasing genetically altered mice on the islands could curb-and even wipe out-the disease. A close look at an unprecedented environmental intervention.

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