Bio Beer Fights Cancer
Students from Houston’s Rice University have bio engineered a beer that has anticancer properties. This beer contains resveratrol, a chemical found in wine. This is believed to be responsible for reduced cancer rates. This was seen in lab tests conducted recently.
The Bio-Beer project will compete in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition to be held next month. Each team in iGEM uses Bio-Bricks, which are DNA tool kits, to create new life forms that does things that are decided at the formation stage.
The Rice team has genetically engineered a yeast so it will produce resveratrol in a two-step process. The team is actually in the process of creating this yeast and not the beer. Actually they have not even tried brewing yet. It will take a lot more time to get to that stage. If they are successful it will be a worthwhile endeavour.
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