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Bio-Engineered Rice Uses Human Genes 417

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday May 17, 2006 @02:23AM from the tuning-i/o-performance dept.

gliph writes "Yahoo news has a piece about a small biogenetics firm that is using genetically engineered rice containing human genes to help fight diarrhea. From the article: 'Ventria's rice produces two human proteins found in mother's milk, saliva and tears, which help people hydrate and lessen the severity and duration of diarrhea attacks, a top killer of children in developing countries.'"

Comment The Sheep Look Up AKA A Pile of Stinky Dren (Score 1) 164

by jamesotron on Monday March 28, 2005 @09:22PM (#12072646) Attached to: Your Face On the Big Screen

I can't believe it. The Sheep Look Up (and I use title caps with some trepidation) is the only book I have ever thrown across my room in disgust! I was brought up in a house hold that cherished and respected all forms of the written word, but this book was just too much for me. I only got two chapters in. That was enough.

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