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Green genome

If we could somehow splice the recipe that plants use for making chlorophyll into our genes...

If we could somehow splice the recipe that plants use for making chlorophyll into our genes, could we then satisfy some of our energy needs by photosynthesising?

Sophie Holroyd Bromyard, Herefordshire, UK

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