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Friday, 21 September 2012
7 wonders of the microbe world - #geneticengineering (6/7)
in summary
- genetically modifying microbes can produce, medicines, food and maybe even fuel
- 1st done in 1973
- genetic engineering is about adding things to microbes
- e.g. insulin used to be taken from slaughtered pigs but in the 1980's scientists discovered how to produce it for humans using modifications to e-coli
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