"CRISPR is going to revolutionize our food system" and start a new war over GMOs

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

"CRISPR is going to revolutionize our food system"

AND START A NEW WAR OVER GMOs

By Adele Peters via FAST CO.EXIT

ART: Illustration by Eric Palma.

The gene-editing tool could create drought-resistant grain or allergy-free peanuts. Will a society on edge about genetically modified food embrace this newest innovation?

In five years, there might be a little CRISPR-edited corn in your breakfast cereal or CRISPR-edited wheat in your pasta. CRISPR'd tomatoes and CRISPR'd pork might follow. There's already a little CRISPR in your yogurt.

It's not hyperbolic to say that CRISPR-Cas9—new technology that makes it possible to quickly and easily edit DNA—is changing the future of food. The method could eventually be used to tweak almost anything we eat, selecting traits that can make agriculture more environmentally sustainable and productive, or the resulting food healthier. Full Article via FAST CO.EXIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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