A million year-old mating opens up an improved future A coming together and genetic merging of an American plant with an African or Asian plant one or two million years ago produced the ancestor of …
Growing drugs, Identify life and make way for microbes. Wednesday at Botanical Congress
Queensland researchers believe future cancer drugs could be grown in sunflowers and ultimately delivered as a seed ‘pill’. They’ve got a long way to go, but the concept illustrates the power of …
Could we grow drugs using sunflowers?
Queensland researchers believe future cancer drugs could be grown in sunflowers and ultimately delivered as a seed ‘pill’. They’re a long way from that outcome. But, as they reported to the XVIII …
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Make way for the microbes?
Our civilisation is built on plants – they provide food, shelter, fuel and medicine. Can we rely on them in the future? Or will it be the era of the microbes. …
IdentifyLife and Atlas of Living Australia joint release
Posted on behalf of Lynne Sealie, Communication Manager, Atlas of Living Australia. Photos available. “The beginning of wisdom is to call a thing by its right name.” Chinese proverb IdentifyLife …
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Tuesday at the International Botanical Congress
The world’s favourite tree The world loves our eucalypts. Now Eucalyptus had become the world’s favourite tree for farming and today in Melbourne its genome is revealed at the International …
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