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Over millennia, there has been a seamless continuum of technologies for genetic modification of plants, animals, and microorganisms, with progressive improvements in precision and predictability – a ...

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Proof-of-concept trial in a single patient shows that cells can survive transplantation without immunosuppression ...

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