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How nanocarriers delivering cargos in plants can change the GMO landscape

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Genetically modified organisms as foods are a globally contested topic. What dictates the regulatory oversight of genetically modified crops could be redefined by advances in nanotechnology and genome editing.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Markita P. Landry

  2. Innovative Genomics Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Markita P. Landry

  3. Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Markita P. Landry

  4. Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Neena Mitter

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Landry, M.P., Mitter, N. How nanocarriers delivering cargos in plants can change the GMO landscape. Nat. Nanotechnol. 14, 512–514 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-019-0463-5

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