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Vaccines for ash trees and gene-edited butterflies among UK projects to get £30m funding

The Guardian UK Monday 21 September 2026, 10:00 UTC By Matthew Ponsford 1 min read
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Exclusive: Research and invention agency hopes to harness ‘powers of biotechnology’ for purpose of conservationVaccines 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 Research and Invention Agency (Aria) – a public body that funds high-risk, high-reward tech...

Exclusive: Research and invention agency hopes to harness ‘powers of biotechnology’ for purpose of conservation

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 Research and Invention Agency (Aria) – a public body that funds high-risk, high-reward tech projects – aims to investigate applications of biotechnology that can speed up wild species’ evolution and help them to adapt to new threats such as global warming and disease.

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