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Molecular farming is a promising technique that enables the production of biopharmaceuticals and other high value compounds in plants.

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Climate Change May Favor Nitrogen-Fixing Plants

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Meet the Algae That Went from Male/Female to Hermaphroditic

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Trees’ Scent Tricks Hornets Into Shuttling Seeds

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The Right Chemistry, 1935

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Canada Approves World’s First Plant-Based COVID-19 Vaccine

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Sunflowers’ Bee-Attracting Ultraviolet Also Helps Retain Moisture

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Contrary to Common Belief, Some Older Trees Make Fewer Seeds

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Hybrid Rice Developer Yuan Longping Dies at 90

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Dick Staples, Plant Pathologist, Dies at 94

William Danforth, Longtime Research Philanthropist, Dies at 94

Enter a Ghost Forest

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Confessing to Plant Blindness

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Boosting Plants’ Uptake of Vitamins and Minerals

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How Are Earwax and Body Odor Linked?

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How Does the Gut Immune System Distinguish Between Friends and Foes?

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How Bacteria Outsmart Disinfectants

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A Nanoparticle Delivery System for Gene Therapy

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Considerations for Cell-Based Assays in Immuno-Oncology Research

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From Water Bears to Grizzly Bears: Unusual Animal Models

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Sex Differences in Neurological Research

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