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Modified yeast makes opiates for the first time
- xkcd-sucks 12y agoThe original paper is here: https://pdf.yt/d/RmURMDdTpmvfiBwA https://pdf.yt/d/RmURMDdTpmvfiBwA And the supporting info (implementation details) is here: https://pdf.yt/d/RF2kjrNT9gBhqCYw https://pdf.yt/d/RF2kjrNT9gBhqCYw Looks easy and fun! Seriously, Smolke's group did all the hard work; now, making your own codeine in yeast is $several thousand + the cost of GeneArt/IDT's DNA synthesis... and when you have the plasmids it's trivial to copy/modify/share them...