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Category: transgenic crops
If I ran an agricultural biotech company and I wanted to go out of my way to alienate my supporters and lend credence to my conspiracy theory-peddling critics, I think that this is exactly how I would go about doing...
Posted on: February 22, 2009 6:52 AM, by Nick Anthis • 2 Comments •
Category: transgenic crops
Last month, I wrote a post about a research group at Texas A&M University that reported genetically engineering "edible cotton seeds" by using RNAi technology to stably and specifically knock out production of the gossypol toxin in the seeds of...
Posted on: December 18, 2006 7:39 AM, by Nick Anthis • 3 Comments •
Category: transgenic crops
But, a recent report in PNAS demonstrates that edible cotton seeds could be a real possibility, thanks to new transgenic crop biotechnology.
Posted on: November 29, 2006 7:39 AM, by Nick Anthis • 1 Comments •
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