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Researchers have developed a free, open-source toolkit that allows laboratories in developing countries to produce their own tools for COVID-19 research and diagnosis, without relying on an increasingly fractured global supply chain.

Human genome editing, 3D-printed replacement organs and artificial photosynthesis – the field of bioengineering offers great promise for tackling the major challenges that face our society. But as a new article out today highlights, these developments provide both opportunities and risks in the short and long term.

Science doesn't work the same for everyone everywhere - there are huge disparities in access to scientific hardware, and in gender and minority representation in labs. In this piece from ̽»¨Ö±²¥Conversation, Jenny Molloy (Department of Earth Sciences) and Max Liboiron (Memorial ̽»¨Ö±²¥ of Newfoundland) look at some of the initiatives around the world which are attempting to level the playing field for scientists.