Evolution Machine Accelerates Genetic Engineering 161
chrb writes "New Scientist has an article about the Evolution Machine — a device which can accelerate directed artificial evolution to discover desirable DNA changes in days rather than years. One of the aims of these researchers is to create an organism that is genetically immune to all viruses."
Paging Davros! (Score:3, Interesting)
Mr. Davros to the white courtesy telephone, please: [wikipedia.org]
beans & legumes (Score:4, Interesting)
ever since the dawn of modern agriculture, protein has come largely from beans.
especially in the America's where cows and pigs did not exist until circa 1500 AD when the europeans introduced them (along with their zoonotic diseases).