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CRISPR: The Future of Agriculture Has Arrived, but Who Will Control It from Here

CRISPR: The Future of Agriculture Has Arrived, but Who Will Control It from Here

For those not well versed in science jargon, CRISPR-Cas is a genome-editing technology that allows the user to precisely cut out sections of DNA.  Not surprisingly, scientific technology is moving faster than the gears of the political process can turn.  The FDA and the USDA have realized that CRISPR is coming whether they are ready or not. But the agencies are going different directions on whether to regulate the organisms that undergo CRISPR alterations.