Cereals 2021: Potential for gene editing is 'just at the beginning'

With the Government’s decision on post-Brexit gene editing (GE) regulation due to be announced any day now, Prof Wendy Harwood of the John Innes Centre (JIC) outlined some of the opportunities the technology could bring.

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Cereals 2021: Potential for gene editing is 'just at the beginning'

With the Government's decision on post-Brexit gene editing (GE) regulation due to be announced any day now, Prof Wendy Harwood of the John Innes Centre (JIC) outlined some of the opportunities the technology...

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