Friday, 6. May 2016
Topic: DRUGS - on May 6, 2016 at 10:05:00 AM CEST
To Protect Marijuana from Monsanto Patenting, Company Begins Mapping Cannabis Genome
A pioneering biotechnology startup has launched an online interactive guide that maps the genetic evolution of the cannabis genome, allowing for specific strains of marijuana that are already in the public domain a form of protection from patenting by large biotech firms such as Monsanto. After two years of collecting samples, sequencing the plant’s DNA and developing the software to allow for a 3-D visualization of the collected data, the company was ready to unveil their long-awaited project.
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