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Monday, 24 December 2012
Scientists aim to build a better Christmas tree
PUYALLUP, Wash. — Katie Coats used to work in a crime lab in Seattle. These days, she reports to a quieter research facility about 40 miles south, in the shadow of Mt. Rainier. Here, Coats wields a surgical blade on her subjects, slicing away small chunks of cells and delicately dropping them in vials to preserve for genetic analysis. Coats isn't trying to chase down rapists or serial killers. She's using the tissue — which, on a recent day, came from a Canaan fir — to make...
Full Story: The Los Angeles Times
 


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