Live on Corriere della Sera

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Roberto Giacobbo, journalist and television host, science communicator; Stefano Piccolo, Professor of Molecular Biology at the University of Padua and member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences; Giorgio Vittadini, President of the Foundation for Subsidiarity; Sara Zenoni, Professor of Agricultural Genetics at the University of Verona. Moderated by Enrico Castelli, journalist.

This meeting aims to delve into the value of scientific discoveries, starting with the CRISPR gene-editing technique (Nobel 2020), which is widely applied for the treatment of human diseases but is met with skepticism in agriculture, where it allows for higher yields while reducing the use of agrochemicals. Why such a clear discrepancy, and is it appropriate to reject the adoption of scientific discoveries depending on the field of application?