[sudo-discuss] Brand SynBio Vanilla Flavor Competition

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

Ugh - more anti-science crap from the nitwits at ETC?

More than 90% of all vanilla flavoring used today is chemically synthesized
from petrochemical or wood pulp byproducts.

The vanillin biosynthetic pathway is fairly simple and can be engineered
into yeast, so you can "brew it up" in a vat, rather than producing it
chemically - in much the same way that all commercial insulin has been
produced for the past 30 years.

And *this* is what they are protesting, using some fairly ridiculous
fear-mongering language...

Feel free to ask your friendly local biohackers if you'd like to know
more...

Patrik


On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 3:42 PM, ali <ali at riseup.net> wrote:

> hey everyone,
> i'm very new to the worlds of the sudo room but i thought that there might
> be interest in this design competition on this listserv.
> http://www.etcgroup.org/vanilla-competition
> unfortunately the deadline is in 5 days, but hey, grants have been won in
> less time!
> best,
> ali
>
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