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Could gene editing be the solution to feeding the world?

It’s been drilled into our minds for as long as most of us can remember that eating your fruits and vegetables is the key to growing up big and strong. While maintaining a balanced diet is important, unfortunately, nutritious food isn’t accessible to everyone and is often limited in many countries. Dr. Logan Skori, BSc’14, PhD’22, didn’t initially set out to solve global food and nutrition challenges, but, after witnessing the agriculture hardships of Alberta farmers and malnutrition in underdeveloped nations, he partnered with Dr. Marcus Samuel, PhD, a professor in the Faculty of Science, to seek a solution. They formed an agriculture biotechnology company called AgGene. In the process of their research, they unintentionally increased the protein content in rice seeds. Considered to be a non-genetically modified technology (GMO), AgGene’s gene-editing biotechnology has the potential to significantly boost nutrition, with far-reaching impacts for farming in drought conditions and tackling the problem of food insecurity. Learn more about AgGene: aggene.ca Discover more about UCalgary inside and out at arch magazine: arch-magazine.ucalgary.ca/