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    Researchers genetically modified aspen trees to absorb pollutants faster than unaltered trees. They inserted a gene from rabbits that produces an enzyme breaking down contaminants. Tests found modified trees removed 51-91% of trichloroethylene from water, absorbing it 53 times faster than unmodified trees. The trees also removed other industrial solvents and could help clean benzene. Their ability to absorb pollution over long periods with minimal impact on the environment makes them a promising sustainable remediation method. However, aspens are native to cool climates so may not work in all areas.

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    Researchers genetically modified aspen trees to absorb pollutants faster than unaltered trees. They inserted a gene from rabbits that produces an enzyme breaking down contaminants. Tests found modified trees removed 51-91% of trichloroethylene from water, absorbing it 53 times faster than unmodified trees. The trees also removed other industrial solvents and could help clean benzene. Their ability to absorb pollution over long periods with minimal impact on the environment makes them a promising sustainable remediation method. However, aspens are native to cool climates so may not work in all areas.

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    Researchers genetically modified aspen trees to absorb pollutants faster than unaltered trees. They inserted a gene from rabbits that produces an enzyme breaking down contaminants. Tests found modified trees removed 51-91% of trichloroethylene from water, absorbing it 53 times faster than unmodified trees. The trees also removed other industrial solvents and could help clean benzene. Their ability to absorb pollution over long periods with minimal impact on the environment makes them a promising sustainable remediation method. However, aspens are native to cool climates so may not work in all areas.

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    Researchers genetically modified aspen trees to absorb pollutants faster than unaltered trees. They inserted a gene from rabbits that produces an enzyme breaking down contaminants. Tests found modified trees removed 51-91% of trichloroethylene from water, absorbing it 53 times faster than unmodified trees. The trees also removed other industrial solvents and could help clean benzene. Their ability to absorb pollution over long periods with minimal impact on the environment makes them a promising sustainable remediation method. However, aspens are native to cool climates so may not work in all areas.

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    genetically modified pollution-gobbling aspen tree

    -researchers introduced a cytochrome known as P450 2E1, an enzyme that ordinarily breaks down
    many contaminants in the livers of humans and other mammals, allowing them to be harmlessly
    excreted in urine.

    -researchers used a bacteria to insert the genetic code for this cytochrome isolated from rabbits into
    the genetic instructions of the hybrid aspen tree

    -When the resulting cuttings, placed in vials, were dosed with Trichloroethylene（TCE）, they
    sucked the contaminant out of the water 53 times faster than unaltered aspens and removed
    between 51 and 91 percent of Trichloroethylene（TCE）

    - boosted the tree's ability to absorb the chloroform left over after cleaning drinking water, the
    industrial solvent carbon tetrachloride and even vinyl chloride

    - could remove benzene

    Benefit of using aspen trees

    - only flowers after seven years of growing which can prevent the releasing of the transgene into the
    environment which can affect the biodiversity

    - can regrow when cut to the root

    -suitable for consuming contaminants over a long period of time

    Limitation of aspen trees

    - The aspens are all native to cold regions with cool summers and unfortunately it seems to be
    ineffective in some countries.

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