From scissors to search-and-replace: Pairwise CEO on the promise of gene editing in ag

From scissors to search-and-replace: Pairwise CEO on the promise of gene editing in ag

CRISPR-Cas9 technology—often billed as “programmable DNA scissors”—first hit the headlines in 2012. Since then, it has been used in everything from cancer research to making more productive cells for cultivated meat. But what is the potential of gene editing (of which CRISPR-Cas9 is one example) in plant breeding? AgFunderNews caught up with Tom Adams, PhD, CEO at gene editing specialist Pairwise at the World Agri-Tech summit in San Francisco to…