ARTICLE: Professor helps author influential National Academies report on genetic engineering

The following is an excerpt of a release from Kansas State University explaining how one of their professors was on a committee studying GE crops.

A new gene drive technology may hold the key to stopping malaria or creating pest-resistant crops. 

A report from a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee — which includes Kansas State University scientist Stephen Higgs— recognizes the potential of the genetic engineering technique, but also recommends that gene-drive modified organisms should not yet be released into the environment. 

Higgs, director of the university's Biosecurity Research Institute, and the committee published a guide to responsible research practices in the June 8 report, "Gene drives on the Horizon: Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty, and Aligning Research with Public Values." 

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