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04/29/2024 11:05:03 am

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targeted gene therapy

New weapon

DARPA Aims to Create Armies of ‘Insect Allies’ to Protect Crops Worldwide

"DARPA plans to harness the power of this natural system by engineering genes inside plant viruses that can be transmitted by insects to confer protective traits to the target plants they feed upon."

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