Researchers rapidly turn bacteria into biotech factories
Date: 10.8.2009
Using a **novel** cell programming **method** that retools evolution to generate **genetic diversity** at an unprecedented rate, a research team turned self-serving bacteria into efficient **factories** for making a variety of compounds, accomplishing in just three days a feat that would take **biotech** companies many months - or years. The transformed bacteria produced five times more lycopene (an anti-cancer antioxidant) than the original bacteria.
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