In an announcement that appeared to take the USDA by surprise, FDA Comissioner Scott Gottlieb issued a statement on Friday claiming that the agency has jurisdiction over the development and marketing of lab-grown meat, and announcing plans to hold a public meeting on the subject in July 2018. Lab-grown meat is a hot topic in […]
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When the Crispr-Cas9 system to target DNA for genetic engineering (GE) was first identified, it was seen as a game-changer. Crispr-Cas9 is a natural defense mechanism used by bacteria to protect them from viruses that works at the cellular level by targeting and removing viral DNA. Scientists first began to see its potential for GE […]
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Monsanto has successfully negotiated the first commercial license to use the Crispr technology developed by the Harvard-MIT Broad Institute. This breakthrough in genetics allows scientists to precisely alter genes such that the plant is not technically considered a GMO. As this article in Business Insider explains, “Crispr allows scientists to simply swap out a letter […]
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