The 20-million Gene Toolkit: Designing Future Energy & Lifeforms
“We have 20 million genes which I call the design components of the future. We are limited here only by our imagination.” Craig Venter, Geneticist Craig Venter’s company, Synthetic Genomics, announced yesterday that it has struck a deal with ExxonMobil to develop biofuels from algae that cars and planes can use without having a modified engine. Exxon officials said they decided to invest in algal biofuel over other forms of biofuels because its production does not require arable land or fresh water and algae consumes large quantities of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas.
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The 20-million Gene Toolkit: Designing Future Energy & Lifeforms
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