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Podcast: Save our forests with GMO trees? Let’s look at the costs and benefits first

Jason Delborne | 
We have genetically engineered food; how about trees? In [June 8's] Academic Minute, North Carolina State University's Jason Delborne looks ...
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Using gene editing to control forest fires? It could be a reality if anti-biotechnology activists don’t block it

Andrew Porterfield | 
The American west has experienced devastating wildfires in recent years; while the number of fires has decreased a little over ...
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Talking Biotech: Is genetic engineering the best way to resuscitate the American chestnut from blight?

Jared Westbrook, Paul Vincelli | 
Plant biologist Jared Westbrook: 4 billion American chestnut trees have died because of blight in the 20th century. Now, there ...
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Activists blame scientists, GMOs for dying iconic Italian olive trees, block GM solution

Andrew Porterfield | 
Olive trees in Italy are falling victim to a new bacteria. Scientific solutions are being replaced by hysteria, blocking GMO ...
Genetic modification of trees faces forest of protests

Genetic modification of trees faces forest of protests

Andrew Porterfield | 
Genetic modification of trees could help mitigate climate change and increase wood and paper production. But opposition to even basic ...
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