Biobeer: Beer with the Health Benefits of Wine

In case you missed All Things Considered on Saturday, three Rice University bioengineering students have introduced wine genes into beer. The idea is to create a beer that is good for your health. "Biobeer" genes will be submitted to the Genetic Engineering Conference in Cambridge, Mass. Note to all of you who brew your own beer: according to one of the three Rice students, ". . . anyone can now go to the competition and pull these genes out of it. It's a very open-source kind of thing."

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