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Blog Streptomyces bacteria key to understanding cell-division
Cell division is a fundamental process in all domains of life, required for the regeneration of damaged tissue, organ growth and development.
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News John Innes Centre welcomes moves to bring gene edited crops to market
We welcome draft legislation introduced in the House of Commons today which will enable development and marketing of precision bred crops in England. The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill plans to create a simpler regulatory and approval process for ‘precision bred’ crops, which have targeted genetic changes which could have arisen through traditional breeding or...
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Press Release Gene-edited tomatoes could be a new source of vitamin D
Tomatoes gene-edited to produce vitamin D, the sunshine vitamin, could be a simple and sustainable innovation to address a global health problem
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