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Video: What are the risks and benefits of animal gene editing?

Alison Van Eenennaam&nbsp|&nbsp
University of California – Davis’ Alison Van Eenennaam answers questions on genome editing. Van Eenennaam discusses her research on hornless ...

More meat with less environmental impact? CRISPR and one gene change could improve the sustainability of beef production

Amy Quinton&nbsp|&nbsp
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have successfully produced a bull calf, named Cosmo, who was genome-edited as an ...

New gene-editing technique eliminates GMO ‘delivery vehicle’ for CRISPR crops

Greg Watry&nbsp|&nbsp
Despite evidence that demonstrates genetically-modified crops are as safe as crops produced through traditional breeding, sections of the public remain ...
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Offspring of gene-edited, hornless dairy bull born healthy, study confirms

This technology has been proposed as an alternative to dehorning, a common management practice performed to protect other cattle and ...
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Wheat gene discovery could fend off deadly stem rust pathogen threatening global food security

Diane Nelson&nbsp|&nbsp
University of California, Davis, researchers have identified a gene that enables resistance to a new devastating strain of stem rust, ...

Gene salad: First comprehensive genome assembly of lettuce reveals ‘treasure-trove of genetic information’

Pat Bailey&nbsp|&nbsp
UC Davis researchers announced in Nature Communications that they have unlocked a treasure-trove of genetic information about lettuce and related plants, releasing ...
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Facing climate change, plant breeders use genetics, robotics to develop crops ‘that can adapt to it all’

Diane Nelson&nbsp|&nbsp
Variable weather is creating extreme challenges for crop breeding in California. How do you develop crops that will thrive under ...