Disease-resistant pigs and succulents – why UK scientists are looking to modify food genes | GM
OOn July 24, 2019, Boris Johnson stood outside 10 Downing Street and delivered his first speech as Prime Minister. Among the many promises he made was that he would “free the UK’s extraordinary biosciences sector from anti-gene editing rules”. Such a move would allow the nation to “grow the blight-resistant crops that will feed the …