Author: Ryan Morris / Source: Good News Network
The Lesson: A species on the brink of extinction can be saved – but at what point do the expenses and resources spent on that effort become too much to bear? This question has become increasingly difficult to answer, as scientists and journalists alike work to understand the merit of saving a species when doing so has no clear-cut benefit, but this conservationist says that these efforts can result in groundbreaking new discoveries, biotechnology, and perhaps even commercial products.
Notable Excerpt: “…there’s another way that all this ferret saving work could have indirect benefits … CRISPR could be used to help ferrets….
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