- UC Berkeley synthetic biologists have engineered brewer's yeast to produce marijuana's main ingredients—mind-altering THC and non-psychoactive CBD—as well as novel cannabinoids not found in the plant itself. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-0978-9 6 comments science
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- Marijuana: Genetically Modified Yeast Used to Produce THCA and CBDA https://www.inverse.com/article/53632-gmo-yeast-made-thca-and-cbda-without-marijuana 247 comments
- It's Official: Scientists Can Now Make The Cannabis Psychoactive Without The Plant : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/for-the-first-time-scientists-have-created-cannabis-compounds-without-a-plant 42 comments
- Sugar high: the yeast that can be used to brew cannabis, not beer | Medical research | The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/feb/27/gm-yeast-brew-cannabis-beer-scientists-california 8 comments
- Bioengineered yeast can produce the active ingredients of marijuana better than the plant https://massivesci.com/articles/yeast-weed-marijuana-thc-cbd-canabidiol-tetrahydrocannabinol-genetic-engineering/ 0 comments
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