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Genetically engineered salmon has reached the dinner table, as AquaBounty Technologies, a Massachusetts company has successfully developed and commercialized a genetic variant of salmon fish, Salmo salar. The company announced that it has sold some 4.5 tonnes of its hotly debated product to customers in Canada. This sale has marked the first time that a genetically engineered animal has been sold for food on the open market. The fish has been engineered to grow faster than its non-genetically modified counterpart, reaching market size in roughly half the time. Scientists introduced a growth-hormone gene from Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), along with genetic...