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Published online 19 June 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030616-12

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GM decaf coffee grown on trees

Transgenic beans could rival industrial decaffeination if public approve.

Decaffeinated coffee is growing on trees in Japan. The genetically modified bushes could yield low-caffeine beans within three or four years1.

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