Mars microbes: the biotech CEO rewriting planetary engineering
Pioneer Labs CEO Erika DeBenedictis is engineering microbes to terraform Mars, turning a sci-fi dream into a biotech business model.
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Pioneer Labs CEO Erika DeBenedictis is engineering microbes to terraform Mars, turning a sci-fi dream into a biotech business model.
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