Planted out
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Plant biotechnology has been studied intensively since the early 1980s, yet only one genetically engineered has been brought to market to date. The current research foci of several genetic engineers, including Mark Stitt, Chris Somerville, and Wolf Frommer, are detailed.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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Going for gunge
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Biotechnologists at England's Loughborough University and St. George's Hospital Medical School have identified a collagen-based substance present in the cells of the arterial endothelium that prevents the ceramic filters used in protein purification from clogging.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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One jump ahead
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Geneticists have discovered that genes often cross over from one species to another. In 1990 it was found that a common bacteria in the human intestines possesses a gene that is more similar to the human version than the bacterial version.
Publication Name: The Economist (UK)
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0013-0613
Year: 1993
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