Genome editing in farmed animals: a valuable opportunity?

Helen Sang, Professor of Vertebrate Molecular Development from the Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh, about "Genome editing in farmed animals: a valuable opportunity?" Genome editing can make animals resistant to disease. Sang discusses the methods, chances and risks of curing diseases and improving farm animals beyond traditional breeding. The conference "Plants and Animals: Bridging the Gap in Breeding Research" (10/11 Oct 2018) aims to highlight commonalities and differences between plant and animal breeding. Innovative research fields will be presented. The added vaue of intergrated breeding research across crops, trees, and livestock will be discussed. The Center for Integrated Breeding Research at the University of Göttingen brings together the expertise of plant and animal breeding with findings from natural and social sciences in order to establish an internationally visible position in this field. More information https://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/5313...