Given the nature of engineering, that actually comes in handy.

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There have been a couple of international agreements (at the UN biodiversity convention last year, for example, when governments agreed there should be no geo-engineering schemes that damage nature).

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Kosan is using genetic engineering techniques to steal the blueprints that nature uses to make antibiotics.

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Their research, published in Nature Biotechnology, represents an interesting step forward in genetic engineering.

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In particular, graduate students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) disciplines should receive instruction on the nature, purpose, and protection of IP.

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