Plant-based medicines meet biotechnology (IMAGE)

Stanford University School of Engineering

Plant-based medicines meet biotechnology

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The stylized yeast cells depicted in several leaves and flower petals are an artist's interpretation of how scientists, using the tools of synthetic biology, genetically engineered yeast to brew plant-based medicines that traditional societies discovered in nature.

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Jennifer Cook-Chrysos

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