Roses get celery gene to help fight disease

Monday, February 14, 2011 - 00:30 in Health & Medicine

A rose is a rose is a rose is ... celery. Researchers insert a gene from celery into the rose to help keep it safe from a nasty disease called petal blight. The modified roses look and smell like normal roses; now they'll be tested to see if they can better withstand disease.

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