Scientist here. A bit ironic, given that Cambridge literally tried its hardest to ban biotechnology at the local level in the 1970's, in part because the old-school Mayor of Cambridge liked using "those people in white coats" as a political punching bag and just straight-up NIMBYism at vicious 1AM city council meetings:

https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.11643322