Will synthetic biology benefit or threaten wild things?

The following is an excerpt.

Will synthetic biology help or hinder conservation efforts?

This was the question asked at a symposium organized by the Wildlife Conservation Society at Cambridge University this week, attended by about 80 synthetic biologists and conservationists.  These are two communities that have never come together and, like a first date, we were examining each other and building some trust.

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