Soumis par Dru Oja Jay le
Cocoa butter, the main ingredient in chocolate, is produced by 30 tropical countries, and is sold for an estimated $6 billion annually. One synthetic biology company has engineered synthetically modified microbes to produce a cocoa butter substitute, which could threaten the livelihoods of millions of farmers.
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ETC-cocoa-synbio-casestudy2014.pdf | 1.09 Mo |