Jul 14, 2017
This Is How Gene-Editing Will Change The Food You Eat
Posted by Aleksandar Vukovic in categories: biotech/medical, food, genetics
For example, in 1994 Calgene won approval to sell the Flavr Savr tomato. To make a Flavr Savr, scientists genetically modified a garden variety tomato with aminoglycoside 3-phosphotransferase II, a compound that kept the fruit from rotting.
The tinkering sabotaged the process that makes tomatoes turn squishy. But the less-squishy tomatoes never did catch on with a skeptical public. The company was later sold to Monsanto.
It changed everything.
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