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Biotech companies to use "genome editing" to circumvent GMO regulations
2015-01-20 08:49:05| Biotech - Topix.net
Before you protest against genetically modified organisms and march against everything which they stand for, it's important to know some of the many ways in which companies and their scientists are modifying nature, patenting it, and profiting from it. First, there's the most controversial method of genetic engineering which uses genes from an external, foreign source of DNA which is inserted into the genome of a crop like corn.
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Category:Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals