Major breakthrough in yeast engineering - Food & Drink Business

A breakthrough in yeast genome engineering by scientists from ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology, Macquarie Uni, and Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) is an industry game changer.

AWRI research manager Dr Anthony Borneman and the studys lead author said it was a proof of concept that entirely new chromosomes can be built for specific industrial purposes. Unique genomic sequen… [+1348 chars]

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