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'Biohackers' Create New, DIY Organisms

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By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted May 12, 2009 1:14 PM CDT

(Newser) – Katherine Aull is creating new forms of life in her closet. Armed only with jury-rigged equipment and some DNA she bought online, the 23-year-old is creating custom E. coli bacteria she thinks could help cancer research. Aull is part of a growing movement of “... Read full story »

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