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Sequencing the Weed Genome

Posted by Soulskill on from the department-of..-wait-no..-i'm-hungry dept.

GNUman writes "Maybe soon we'll be able to genetically modify humans so that a specific action (e.g., tapping your nose, pinching your ear) triggers the release of THC directly from your own cells. From the Nature blog post: 'At last, the field of genomics has something to offer Cheech and Chong. DNA sequencing hit a new high last night with the midnight release of the Cannabis sativa genome. The raw sequence was posted on Amazon's EC2 public cloud computing service by a young company called Medicinal Genomics, which aims to explore the genomes of therapeutic plants.'"

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  1. Re:420 HEY BRO ARE MY EYES RED? HEEAHAHEHAHA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They do, it's called alcohol and tobacco.