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Committee lays over bill to fund prion research at University of Minnesota MnPRO center
Summary
House File 2,778 was laid over after testimony from University of Minnesota researchers requesting $371,000 to study whether chronic wasting disease prions are taken up by plants and the implications for crops and food safety.
The House Agriculture Finance and Policy Committee laid over House File 2,778, a request to fund research by the University of Minnesota’s Center for Prion Research and Outreach (MnPRO) to investigate whether prions associated with chronic wasting disease (CWD) can be taken up by plants and what the implications might be for crops and food systems.
Representative Hansen moved the bill and introduced Dr. Peter Larson, associate…
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