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Carry On My Wayward Gene
Kansas could see first commercial crop of human-gene-containing rice |
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02 Mar 2007 |
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| Carry On My Wayward Gene Kansas could see first commercial crop of human-gene-containing rice A California company is one step closer to growing rice that contains human genes on a commercial scale. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has given a preliminary OK to a plan to sow 450 Kansas acres with the stuff this spring, with 2,750 more acres to come. Ventria Bioscience's three Frankenr ... |
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| Topics: Department of Agriculture, food and agriculture, GMOs, Kansas, news (all these topics) |
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