What’s CRISPR Doing in our Food?

You’ve probably heard the hype: CRISPR will revolutionize biotech,
cure disease, resurrect extinct species, and even create
new-and-(not-so)-improved humans. But what is CRISPR—and what’s it
doing in our food? The first generation of genetically modified
crops, or GMOs, were labelled “Frankenfoods” by critics and are
banned in the European Union. Can CRISPR succeed where
fish-tomatoes failed? And what’s yoghurt got to do with it? Listen
in this episode for the CRISPR story you haven’t heard—and for a
taste of our CRISPRized future. Learn more about your ad choices.
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