Mary-Dell Chilton: The quiet driver of the GMO revolution in crops
TL;DR
Mary-Dell Chilton, a pioneering chemist and biotechnologist, led teams that used Agrobacterium tumefaciens to insert foreign genes into plants, producing the first genetically modified plant in 1982 and kickstarting the GMO era; her trailblazing work, alongside perseverance in the face of gender barriers, earned major honors and reshaped modern agriculture.
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Working with a rod-shaped microbe, she helped spark an agricultural revolution The Washington Post
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