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Is gene editing the future of food?
FromScience Weekly
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Length:
14 minutes
Released:
Oct 12, 2021
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Podcast episode
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The world’s harvests are coming under increasing pressure from extreme weather events, disease and deteriorating soil health – problems that are set to get worse in the next few decades. Could one solution be to genetically edit our food to make it more resilient? With the UK’s recent announcement that it will ease the rules for growing gene-edited crops in England, Madeleine Finlay investigates what it will mean for scientists researching the technology, and why it could become a critical tool for the future of our food. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
Released:
Oct 12, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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