WSU First University to Produce Gene-Edited Meat for Human Consumption
Savory sausages sizzled on the grill at a spring cookout last week outside Washington State University's meat lab. The fruition of over a decade of research, these special links were produced from gene-edited pigs.
WSU is the first university to seek or to receive approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to produce gene-edited meat for human consumption.
Head researcher Jon Oatley called it a landmark for introducing biotechnologies
into animal agriculture, which is essential for producing more resilient protein sources in the face of climate...
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