▲ 10 ▼ Help awaits citrus industry, if regulators get out of the way | Opinion (www.sun-sentinel.com) submitted 5 months ago by Sludgehammer@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world 3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 1 point 5 months ago (2 children) where's the science? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 5 months ago It's an opinion piece on genetic engineering and gene editing. I figured that would qualify it as "civil discussion" about science. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago CRISPR gene-editing allows scientists to make precise changes to a plant’s DNA. In citrus, researchers are using it to tweak genes that influence how trees respond to HLB. Crucially — from a regulatory point of view — many of these edits do not involve adding foreign DNA. Instead, they create small changes that could, in principle, occur naturally or through conventional breeding — only much more slowly. There's tons of research papers out there if you keyword search CRISPR gene-editing citrus trees on pubmed. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41123679/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40275470/ Where is your ability to seek out sources of research when you read a summary article directed at the layperson? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sludgehammer@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 5 months ago It's an opinion piece on genetic engineering and gene editing. I figured that would qualify it as "civil discussion" about science. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 1 point 5 months ago CRISPR gene-editing allows scientists to make precise changes to a plant’s DNA. In citrus, researchers are using it to tweak genes that influence how trees respond to HLB. Crucially — from a regulatory point of view — many of these edits do not involve adding foreign DNA. Instead, they create small changes that could, in principle, occur naturally or through conventional breeding — only much more slowly. There's tons of research papers out there if you keyword search CRISPR gene-editing citrus trees on pubmed. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41123679/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40275470/ Where is your ability to seek out sources of research when you read a summary article directed at the layperson? permalink fedilink source parent