The citizen-science community has a responsible, proactive attitude that is well suited to gene-editing, argues Todd Kuiken.
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Kuiken, T. Governance: Learn from DIY biologists. Nature 531, 167–168 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/531167a
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