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Researchers in China say cattle with TB resistance are now a reality.
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TB-resistant cattle are a reality

A new technique has produced live animals with 
increased resistance to this dangerous disease

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Researchers say they’ve found a high-tech way to produce cattle with genetic resistance to bovine tuberculosis. Writing in the open-access journal Genome Biology, Chinese researchers from the Northwest A&F University in Shaanxi, China say CRISPR gene-editing technology allowed the breakthrough. Read more: TB in the spotlight again with Alberta outbreak Dr. Yong Zhang, lead author
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U.S. patent agency to weigh rival claims on CRISPR

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Reuters — The U.S. patent agency on Tuesday will hear arguments in a heated dispute over who was first to invent a revolutionary gene-editing technology known as CRISPR. Hundreds of millions of dollars may be at stake, as the technology promises commercial applications in treating genetic diseases, engineering crops, and other areas. CRISPR works as
Canada to regulate CRISPR technology
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Canada to regulate CRISPR technology

The new gene editing tool may not produce GMO products, but they will be considered 'novel'

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UPDATED, June 24, 2016: Plants modified using the controversial gene editing technology known as CRISPR/Cas-9 won’t be sailing past regulatory scrutiny to the marketplace in Canada as they currently do in the U.S. While the U.S. regulatory system has determined plants developed using CRISPR are not GMOs and therefore do not fall under the regulatory
Mosquito on human hand
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The promise and the pitfalls of CRISPR

This technology doesn’t set new boundaries for genetic manipulation, it removes them

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About the only one ever happy to see a mosquito is a hungry purple martin, the acrobatic swallow that dines on the bothersome insects morning, noon, and night. You and me, however, would be perfectly happy never to see another mosquito for the rest of our lives. Science can now make that happen. A powerful
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Never heard of CRISPR? You will

It is now possible to program a plant to alter its own genetic material

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Few sectors of the global economy are more hooked on gene modification technology than agriculture. One in five farmable acres around the world grows GM crops. Adoption of GM seeds might be quicker if not for two factors: GM seeds are more expensive than their conventional counterparts and many consumers view food made with GM-based

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