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Deadly fungus is threatening bananas. One company is trying to save the fruit through gene editing

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A customer shops for bananas at a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Levittown, N.Y. (Mark Lennihan/AP)
A customer shops for bananas at a Walmart Neighborhood Market in Levittown, N.Y. (Mark Lennihan/AP)

A deadly fungus is threatening to destroy most of the world's bananas. Fungicides and other chemicals can't kill it, so farmers are left with few options when it infects their crop.

Now, a bioengineering firm is trying to save the banana through gene editing.

Todd Rands, CEO of Elo Life Systems, joins us to discuss.

This segment aired on October 24, 2024.

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