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Navigating the ethical minefield of genome editing

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In fact, ever since scientists first announced they had found a way to edit genomes in 2012, using a tool known as CRISPR-Cas9, the technology has been both lauded and marred by controversy in almost equal measures. In other words, if a food item is safe to eat, it’s safe to eat regardless of how it was produced.

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View from India: Women’s representation in research needs to be scaled up

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Regular networking with farmers set her thinking and she began to advocate sustainable food production. When I was pursuing nano science in 2012, I was intrigued by its structures; I thought it could be used for orthopaedic integration by sandwiching it with hydrophobic drugs. This belief has led her to focus on septic waste.

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Cdn. food mfg. holds food security opportunity according to FCC report

Canadian Manufacturing

Food is the largest manufacturing sector in Canada by both employment and sales. With abundant natural resources and a strong global reputation for safe and high-quality food, the sector is poised to be a world leader in sustainable food production.

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‘We should all be evangelists for new technology’ - Professor Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal

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Our planet has existed for 45 million centuries and yet the word scientist didn’t come into circulation until the 19th century, when it was coined by William Whewell, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge (coincidentally, Rees was from 2004-2012 also Master of the same establishment).