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How to survive a viral apocalypse: a rabbit’s tale
In 1859, an English settler named Thomas Austin decided to import 24 rabbits from England to Australia so he could hunt on his property. He could have not been more successful, and by 1910, hundreds of millions of rabbits covered the entire continent. Thomas' success,... click to read more
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Reading time 4 min
published on Sep 27, 2019
Gene edited “superpigs” resist devastating disease
Genome editors are simple tools that allow scientists to make very precise changes to the genome of any organism by cutting the genome at a very precise location. If you imagine the genome as a single, continuous string of information containing the instructions to build... click to read more
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Reading time 4.5 min
published on Feb 13, 2019
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