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Biotech boom brings new medicines & biofuels but fears about GM remain
2013-11-11 12:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: For scientist Jack Newman, creating a new life form has become as simple as this: he types out a DNA sequence on his laptop. Clicks "send". And a few metres away in the laboratory, robotic arms mix together some compounds to produce the desired cells. Newman's biotech company is creating new organisms, mostly forms of genetically modified yeast, at the dizzying rate of more than 1,500 a day. Some convert sugar into medicines. Others create moisturisers that can be used in cosmetics. And still...
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