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Stat News, In a remote West African village, a revolutionary genetic experiment is on its way — if residents agree to it, March 2017

Posted 10th May 2017

BANA, Burkina Faso — This small village of mud-brick homes in West Africa might seem the least likely place for an experiment at the frontier of biology.

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Stat News, In a remote West African village, a revolutionary genetic experiment is on its way — if residents agree to it, March 2017

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