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Yolanda Ridge

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Tag: Ghana

CRISPR and SWEET POTATOES

Posted on October 20, 2020October 21, 2020 by yridge

I love this Inside Science interview with Samuel Acheampong, a scientist who’s using CRISPR to edit sweet potatoes. Now you might think that sweet potatoes are fine just they way they are. But the traditional variety grown in Ghana (and most of Africa) is low in beta carotene – a vitamin important to everything from […]

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