Stanford researchers genetically engineer yeast to produce opioids

Thursday, August 13, 2015 - 17:30 in Biology & Nature

After a decade's work a team led by Stanford bioengineer Christina Smolke succeeded in finding more than 20 genes from five different organisms and engineering them into the genome of... For thousands of years, people have used yeast to ferment wine, brew beer and leaven bread.

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