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User-generated data can be used to build AI clones who can sound and behave like the source individual.
Apple breeders have created crisp, juicy and tasty fruits, but the limited varieties leave crops vulnerable to diseases, pests and climate change. Introducing new traits could improve crop resilience.
What might first seem unarguable starts to look shaky when you bring twins into the equation.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi leaves many questions about the saga in a galaxy far, far away unanswered. Fortunately, biology may offer a insights on the Force, midi-chlorians, clones, and Rey’s lineage.
In 1997, scientists announced they’d created a healthy sheep cloned from another ewe’s mammary gland cell. Two decades on, the technique is being refined and applied to new challenges.
It took years of attempts before scientists were able to clone a mammal from an adult cell. And with that success came plenty more questions.
Every single Cavendish banana plant worldwide is genetically identical. This vast monoculture sets them up for disastrous disease outbreaks. But researchers have ideas on how to protect the crop.
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University
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Professor of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor Emeritus of Applied Philosophy, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis
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Scientific Director LARCEL-BIONAND, Spain and Professor of Animal Biotechnology, Michigan State University
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Special Professor of Phytopathology, Wageningen University
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Principal Lecturer in Wildlife Conservation, Nottingham Trent University
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Assistant Professor in Biology, Acadia University
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Assistant Professor, Computer Science, University of British Columbia