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Tree vaccines and gene-edited butterflies among biotechnology projects funded by UK ‘invention agency’

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Tree vaccines and gene-edited butterflies among biotechnology projects funded by UK ‘invention agency’
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Exclusive: The tax-funded brainchild of Dominic Cummings hopes to find ways to speed up wild species’ evolutionVaccines for ash trees, skin treatments for newts and gene-edited swallowtail butterflies are among 14 tax-funded projects from the UK’s “invention agency” aiming to accelerate nature’s ability to adapt to the climate crisis.The £54m accelerated adaptation programme from the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (Aria) – a public body that funds high-risk, high-reward tech project

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