Posted January 18, 2017
The next generation of genetic engineering is about to create even more unexpected outcomes. This is no joke. Scientists are currently developing gene-silencing sprays that are being billed as the next generation of GMO technology. No longer will biotech firms need to introduce foreign DNA from another species into a plant to make it resistant to chemicals; these products can simply be sprayed on a plant to silence a mobile form of DNA called RNA (ribonucleic acid). RNA are small, mobile pieces of DNA. Read more.