Researchers make chromosomes to order

Source: The Chicago Tribune
Author: John Van
Date: November 9, 2007

It’s been a brave new world for genetic crops for some time now but Chicago-based researchers say they have developed a method to take crop manipulation to a higher level: the chromosome.

Creating an artificial chromosome, into which several manipulated genes can be inserted, may speed efforts to produce fuels and medicines from plants as well as boosting crop nutrition and yield. More….