The gene-editing revolution

The Government wants genetically edited foods to be grown in England. Why?

The gene-edited Sicilian Rouge High GABA tomato
The gene-edited Sicilian Rouge High GABA tomato
(Image credit: Sanatech Seed)

How is gene editing done?

Over the past decade, a new generation of genetic engineering techniques have been developed that are so quick, cheap and easy to use that they have transformed the field. The most significant is Crispr-Cas9, which was developed by Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier in 2012 (and for which they won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020).

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