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Corn That Clones Itself

March 2003

If they´re allowed out of the lab and into the field, crops genetically engineered to reproduce through cloning could feed the world´s poor.

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The Liver Chip
The human liver cells in Linda Griffith’s miniature device behave just as they would in the body, permitting more accurate drug and toxin testing.

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