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They have potential to become the first widely used GMO, as it will be easy to add immunity to this fungus with a small CRISPR edit.
by chr1 7y ago
They have potential to become the first widely used GMO, as it will be easy to add immunity to this fungus with a small CRISPR edit.
- ptah 7y agothat edit will have other consequences for the plant as well as there is no gene that specifically controls susceptibility to this fungus
- Retric 7y agoMany GMO’s are very common already. 1/2 of all soybeans are GMO.
- ptah 7y agohopefully it won't lead to catastrophe https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/genetically-modified-organisms-risk-global-ruin-says-black-swan-author-e8836fa7d78 https://medium.com/the-physics-arxiv-blog/genetically-modifi...