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Nature 448, 736 (16 August 2007) | doi:10.1038/448736a; Published online 15 August 2007

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Geneticist trades plants for politics

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Nina Fedoroff begins as science and technology adviser to the US state department.

Nina Fedoroff is a plant geneticist who has won many accolades for her work in crop productivity and is a staunch proponent of sowing genetically modified (GM) crops in Africa. She could now be facing her toughest challenge yet.