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Open-Source Technique for GM Crops

Posted by Zonk on from the genemodding-in-your-garage dept.

a_d_white writes "The Biological Innovation for Open Society has developed TransBacter, a new technique for creating genetically modified crops, which is being released as a BioForge project. Their license allows anyone to use and improve the technique as long as improvements are shared with everyone, à la open source. Other techniques for creating genetically modified crops rely on Agrobacterium, but this new method allows using bacteria outside this genus. The New York Times and Wired cover the story. The founding of BIOS was mentioned previously. Although the Nature paper is available from the BIOS website, with their emphasis on the free sharing of ideas it's rather ironic that the technique was not reported in an open-access journal."

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  1. this is news?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    who cares!? Prince Charles is to marry Camilla!!

  2. Re:GM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    goofy editors are saving us soooooo much time in reading 2 letters instead of saying what should be said like real men would do.