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The science and politics of genetically engineered salmon: 5 questions answered

  • Written by Alison Van Eenennaam, Researcher, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis
After decades of work, a salmon product engineered to grow faster may be coming to the U.S.Daniel Mennerich, CC BY-NC-ND

A Massachusetts-based company earlier this month cleared the last regulatory hurdle from the Food and Drug Administration to sell genetically engineered salmon in the U.S. Animal genomics expert Alison Van Eenennaam, who served...

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