{
  "id": 8899414,
  "title": "Tree vaccines and gene-edited butterflies among biotechnology projects funded by UK ‘invention agency’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/tree-vaccines-and-gene-edited-butterflies-among-biotechnology",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-21T10:00:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Science",
    "slug": "guardian-science",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/gene-edited-butterflies-vaccines-ash-trees-uk-science-projects-30m-funding"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Exclusive: The tax-funded research aims to protect British wildlife from the human-caused climate crisis Vaccines for ash trees, skin treatments for newts and gene-edited swallowtail butterflies are among 14 tax-funded projects from the UK’s “ invention agency ” aiming to accelerate nature’s ability to adapt to the climate crisis. The £54m accelerated adaptation programme from the UK’s Advanced…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}