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Bio-Engineered Rice Uses Human Genes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the tuning-i/o-performance dept.

gliph writes "Yahoo news has a piece about a small biogenetics firm that is using genetically engineered rice containing human genes to help fight diarrhea. From the article: 'Ventria's rice produces two human proteins found in mother's milk, saliva and tears, which help people hydrate and lessen the severity and duration of diarrhea attacks, a top killer of children in developing countries.'"

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  1. Oh my. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First post. Yay. And neat story.

    Nothing to see here, move along.