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Design Bacteria to Produce IV Generation Fuerls

By Liliana • Mar 1st, 2008 • Category: Green/Clean Technology

Craig Venter and his research team is seeking to design bacteria from scratch and custom-engineer them to produce bio-fuels or help the body fight illness. British Petroleum is already interested in such processes although such synthetic organism developments are still in their baby shoes. Access original article at:
http://www.forbes.com/technology/2007/06/28/venter-synthetic-bacteria-tech-science-cx_mh_0628venter.html

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