uits, have bet millions of dollars that this will not be the case. The Canadian fruit-grower, now a fully owned subsidiary of the biotechnology firm Intrexon, has spent the past 20 years developing the Arctic Apple under the direction of Neal and his wife Louisa. Neal, a bioresource engineer and longtime

xandra Treschow Competitors There are external competitors in the synthetic biology and virological fields. Synthetic biology: Synthetic genomics, Intrexon, Ginkgo Bioworks, BIOFAB (also an ally) Oncolytics: Amgen, Jennerex, Oncolytics Biotech, Oncos Therapeutics, Genelux Phage Therapy: Phage Biotech L