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Thursday, 7/16, 04:59 PM

Mary-Dell Chilton, who engineered the first genetically modified plant, dies at 87

Mary-Dell Chilton, a chemist whose work with a common soil bacterium produced the first genetically modified plant and opened the door to the biotech crops now grown across the world, has died at 87.
Her discovery reshaped agriculture and set off a debate over engineered food that is still unresolved.

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