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 |  Subject: Researchers use CRISPR to create 'kill switch' for GMOs  Tue May 26, 2015 3:47 pm | |
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GMOs have been in the news a lot of late, due to the fear by some that food produced in such a way might be harmful. Others fear that modified bacteria or viruses that make their way into the environment could prove disastrous. In this new effort, the two researchers describe a technique for adding a new functionality to GMOs—an ability to self destruct should they find themselves in the wrong environment—and central to their work is CRISPR, a means of using chemicals to modify gene fragments.
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- The researchers suggest their technique could be used by companies that make GMOs in two ways. The first would be to prevent GMOs from disrupting the natural environment while the second would be to protect trade secrets—if the gene sequences that have been inserted into an organism are snipped out before it dies, others that obtain a sample would not be able to see what genetic modifications had been made.
Skittles Factory owner: "Lets add this to our product so when a person dies they can never tell cause of death was the Skittles."  | |
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