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Moss on Mars? Plant species being cultivated for astronaut drugs

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Moss on Mars? Plant species being cultivated for astronaut drugs

Could moss ever grow on Mars? A new breed is being harvested to withstand the planet's tough environment

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If viruses transfer wasp genes into butterflies, are they GM?

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If viruses transfer wasp genes into butterflies, are they GM?

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Chatty cellular machines take synthetic biology to next level

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Chatty cellular machines take synthetic biology to next level

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‘Big Farmer' firms plan pesticides to manipulate gene expression

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‘Big Farmer' firms plan pesticides to manipulate gene expression

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Hornless cattle will herald a gene-editing revolution on farms

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Hornless cattle will herald a gene-editing revolution on farms

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Why Scotland will use new EU rule to ban the growing of GM crops

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Why Scotland will use new EU rule to ban the growing of GM crops

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Genetic engineering creates rice strain that makes less methane

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Genetic engineering creates rice strain that makes less methane

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Boob tubes: Breast grown in lab will test cancer treatments

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Boob tubes: Breast grown in lab will test cancer treatments

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Home-brew heroin: soon anyone will be able to make illegal drugs

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Home-brew heroin: soon anyone will be able to make illegal drugs

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New Urbanist: Our infrastructure is expanding to include animals

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New Urbanist: Our infrastructure is expanding to include animals

Animals are vital for the functioning of modern cities, but we need to be morally prepared when we inevitably start engineering them for specific urban tasks

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First human embryos genetically modified – more will come

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Anglo-Saxon remedy kills hospital superbug MRSA

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Editing human embryos is genetics' new battleground

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Men have hands amputated and replaced with bionic ones

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