Are GMOs good or bad? From the video series "Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell"
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#What is natural:
GM insulin:
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Genetic engineering for thousands of years:
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CRISPR:
http://bit.ly/2ncI2uN
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Scott Abbott and View ORCID ProfileDaniel J. Fairbanks
Genetics October 1, 2016 vol. 204 no. 2 407-422; https://doi.org/10.1534/genetics.116.195198
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