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Moderna Founder Launches Aerial-spraying of RNA to Alter Gene Expression of Crops
• Unshadowed - Ice Age FarmerFlagship Pioneering, creator of Moderna (and a WEF partner), has just unveiled Terrana Biosciences, providing $50mm to scale-up development of their flagship product, an RNA spray which enters the plant and alters gene expression.
The company's leadership is a "who's who" of pharmaceutical and AgTech genetic engineering-meets-AI.
"The difference with Terrana's technology is it actually goes inside the plant. That really lets you think about solving problems differently." (Remember this rhetoric before from Bourla and Moderna?)
The CEO continues, "After being sprayed on, the RNA enters the plant through small tears in the leaves. With this method, Terrana can load in RNAs that act as 'programmable plant vaccines' or proteins that can aid in insect resistance or antifungal capabilities, for example."
What's more: the changes are hereditary. They flow to the next generation of crops.



