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Could gene editing be the solution to food shortage?

GMO tomato. [Courtesy: iStockphoto]

The ageless debate on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is getting a new twist as scientists make fresh discoveries.

Experts from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) are now keen to extinguish a lingering assumption that genetic modification, and gene editing, are more or less the same thing, or are closely related.

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