From a primitive plant called brassica, laborious trial-and-error genetic modification over centuries created canola, cabbage, bok choi, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, kale, rutabaga, mustard and turnip, among others.

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Today we can alter just a few genes to produce a more-desirable plant, rather than doing it by trial-and-error over many generations.

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Because a field trial with a genetically engineered plant may be 10 to 20 times more expensive than the same experiment performed with a plant that has identical properties but that was modified with less precise genetic techniques, genetic engineering with the best techniques has been vastly under-used for the past 25 years.

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"To take this case to trial and argue that he didn't plant the bomb and someone else did it would be futile, " Rubino said in an email.

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But in July last year, the US said it wanted to put Mr Naseer on trial for his part in alleged plots to plant bombs in the UK, New York and Norway.

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The verdict followed a four-week trial that included testimony from former and current employees of the plant along the Niagara River north of Buffalo.

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That might have killed the effort in the past, but thanks to the pilot plant, City of Hope is gearing up to conduct its own 60-person trial in collaboration with UCLA and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

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Supplements of omega three, which is found in fish, and omega six, found in plants, plant and fish extracts will be given to the pupils at specific stages over the six-month trial period.

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