In the third episode of our 4-part mini series on genetic technologies, Dr Rob Doubleday is joined by University of Cambridge geographer and Emeritus Moran Professor of Conservation Professor Bill Adams, and Dr Catherine Rhodes, the Executive Director of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk and a Senior Research Associate, Biosecurity Research Initiative at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. They discuss gene drives, the implications of genetic technologies for conservation, biological conventions, and biological risks. 

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