date:Oct 09, 2017
t it would be worthwhile to try it on bananas.
However, he warned that in order for CRISPR-CAS to be effective, it is necessary to conduct research to determine the sequences of banana DNA that would have to be cut in order to give the plant more resistance to pathogens.
We should focus specifically on genes that can produce resistance, he said.
It is an incipient but very effective technology, concluded Argello, who believes that it is good for scientists to leave the laboratories and explai