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GM Apples That Don’t Brown to Reach US Shelves This Fall – MIT Technology Review

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2017-10-07 NEWS

MIT Technology Review

GM Apples That Don’t Brown to Reach US Shelves This Fall
MIT Technology Review
The largest syntheticbiology company in the U.S. plans to begin marketing genetically modified apples for the first time this fall, but they won’t be labeled as GMOs. The so-called Arctic apples are genetically altered to suppress browning and will be

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2017-10-07 NEWS

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Greenville Memorial celebrates 1000th stem cell transplant
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After unsuccessful attempts with chemotherapy to prevent it from progressing into Leukemia, she was given stem cells. “Most people my age, 10 years ago, would have never ever been able to have this, ever,” says King. “I just feel like it’s meant to be

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2017-10-06 NEWS

Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News

“Good” Gut Bacteria Linked to Melanoma Immunotherapy Response
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Scientists have uncovered a link between an individual’s gut bacteria and their response to anticancer immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy (ICT). A team of researchers at the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center in Texas carried out what they …