Designing a more resilient future for plants, from the cell up
February 27, 2026
February 27, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 27 -- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology posted the following news:
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Designing a more resilient future for plants, from the cell up
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In a narrow strip of land along the Andes mountain range in central Chile, an Indigenous community has long celebrated the bark of a rare tree for its medicinal properties. Modern science only recently caught up to the tradition, finding the so-called soapbark tree conta . . .
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Designing a more resilient future for plants, from the cell up
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In a narrow strip of land along the Andes mountain range in central Chile, an Indigenous community has long celebrated the bark of a rare tree for its medicinal properties. Modern science only recently caught up to the tradition, finding the so-called soapbark tree conta . . .