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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[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

My understanding is that there were enough mistakes like that for the project funding to be cut

[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 10 months ago

Was the funding cut? The ACF has stopped backing the project, but I think that was a political and organizational backing, not necessarily financial.

[-] marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah, and funding dictates the pace of work.

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