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If we want to settle on other planets, we’ll have to use genome editing to alter human DNA

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Sam McKee : Genes can be used to make humans more resilient to harsh conditions in deep space.

McKee says gene editing technology could help us overcome challenges of becoming interplanetary species.

He says we could insert genes into humans from plants and bacteria that clean up radiation in the event of radioactive waste spills and nuclear fallout.

The potential applications of gene editing for allowing us to travel further are limitless.

Sam McKee is a polymath, gaining a 1st class degree in genetics at Cambridge University , a BA (Hons) in theology at Chester University followed by an MRes .

He has a second master’s degree in molecular biology from Birkbeck .

Currently studying a PhD in philosophy of science at University of Reading .

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