As I made my way to visit London-based startup Twig Bio, I assumed I was lost when I turned into an industrial estate a 10-minute walk from the heart of London’s Kings Cross and was hit with the smell of fish marinating in the August sunshine.
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Russ Tucker in the Twig Bio lab space. Zmfptpoq hcjsfevel
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