CRISPR genome editing in crops - are there health risks?

Last updated 23rd Apr 2017 4 followers
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A pinboard by Javier Galdon-Armero

I am a PhD student working on tomato development at the John Innes Centre (Norwich, UK).

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Concerned about new CRISPR-edited crop varieties? Learn more about their safety and benefits!

New crop varieties generated by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing (GE) have become a trend in modern agriculture, allowing the generation of a desired trait in a quick and targeted fashion. This technique...

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New traits in crops produced by genome editing techniques based on deletions.
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Research published 8th Apr 2017 in Plant Biotec...
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The CRISPR/Cas Genome-Editing Tool: Application in Improvement of Crops.
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Research published 6th May 2016 in Frontiers in...
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Achieving Plant CRISPR Targeting that Limits Off-Target Effects
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Research published 1st Nov 2016 in The plant ge...
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CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of the RIN locus that regulates tomato fruit ripening.
Research published 27th Sep 2015 in Biochemical...
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