Using gene editing to control forest fires? It could be a reality if anti-biotechnology activists don’t block it

Although geneticists have identified genetic traits in some species of trees that could be introduced into pine trees to inhibit the depredations of the pine mountain beetle, trying to implement this strategy may draw some heat from anti-biotechnology activists.

Using gene editing to control forest fires? It could be a reality if anti-biotechnology activists don’t block it

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