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Genetic engineering was meant to save American chestnut trees. Then there was a mistake. (wapo.st)

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A potential labelling error was the latest in a series of concerns for the American Chestnut Foundation, driving the nonprofit to pull support for a genetically engineered tree meant resurrect an iconic American species.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

I still believe this project will form the basis of the resurrection of this species, although it’s concerning that this wasn’t caught earlier. But we can see the defective version as a prototype—now that we understand the problem, it should not be too difficult to correct. However it may take further years to fully establish the safety of the new version.