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To prove that a new-gene editing technology could be used to alter the cassava plant, scientists in the St. Louis suburbs zeroed in on a gene used to…
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The National Science Foundation has awarded $3.4 million to researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, the University of…
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The public can hear more about plans for 39 North, the 600-acre plant science innovation district in Creve Coeur, on Thursday night.The Danforth Center is…
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A $6.1 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will fund the Danforth Plant Science Center's research on sorghum, a staple food crop in…
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Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center say a $10.45 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will allow them to expand a…
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Researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center are working on a device that they hope to eventually sell to farmers.The PheNode can monitor a…
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St. Louis developers of genetically-modified organisms have called into question a New York Times report that compares the yields of genetically modified…
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Two years ago BioSTL set out to put St. Louis on Israel’s radar.The non-profit, founded in 2001, helped develop the support system for St. Louis…
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NAMULONGE, Uganda — Before rows of tall, green bushes, Jude Aleu picks a cassava tuber off the ground and cracks it in half.That shouldn’t be so easy.…
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At the Gulu Main Market in northern Uganda, there’s an entire aisle devoted to cassava vendors.For Ugandans, the starchy tuber is more than a staple food…