Heat is bad for plant health. Here’s how gene editing could help | MIT Technology Review
Shoring up plants’ defenses could protect crops from rising temperatures caused by climate change.
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CRISPR, gene editing and DNA manipulation - agriculture, plants and food production
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How rice gene edited with CRISPR could help tackle climate change - The Verge
Using gene-editing technology CRISPR, a group of researchers aims to develop crops that can help in the fight against climate change. The effort to...
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New Gene-Editing Techniques Mean a Lot of GMO Loopholes | WIRED
The United States' GMO rules never worked well, and new, precise gene-editing techniques are stretching them to the breaking point.
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This scientist thinks she has the key to curb climate change: super plants | Environment | The Guardian
Dr Joanne Chory hopes that genetic modifications to enhance plants’ natural carbon-fixing traits could play a key role – but knows that time is sho...
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A More Humane Livestock Industry, Brought to You By Crispr | WIRED
Horn-free? Yup. Heat-tolerant? Sure. Flu-proof? Of course. Gene editing aims to make our food supply kinder and more efficient. But it’s struggling...
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Crispr’d Food, Coming Soon to a Supermarket Near You | WIRED
This week the USDA announced it has no plans to regulate gene-editing technologies like Crispr, opening the door to a boom in designer foods. Scie...
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Crispr Can Speed Up Nature—and Change How We Grow Food | WIRED
It took thousands of years for humans to breed a pea-sized fruit into a beautiful beefsteak tomato. Now, with gene editing, scientists can change e...
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