One major issue facing the world today is starvation. According to World Hunger statistics, there are over 900 million people in the world that are classified as being ‘hungry.’ These people are malnourished and in a dangerous situation.
Growing up in Bombay, Arjun Khakhar witnessed firsthand the devastating effects of hunger and poverty in his community. The Indian junior biomedical engineer major at John Hopkins University in the United States, with the help of fellow undergraduates, has synthetically engineered a yeast bacteria which provides high levels of vitamin A.
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Related: John Hopkins Newsletter article. "JHU iGEM team places in top 16 at World Championship Jamboree" (http://www.jhunewsletter.com/science-technology/jhu-igem-team-places-in-top-16-at-world-championship-jamboree-1.2693603)
Growing up in Bombay, Arjun Khakhar witnessed firsthand the devastating effects of hunger and poverty in his community. The Indian junior biomedical engineer major at John Hopkins University in the United States, with the help of fellow undergraduates, has synthetically engineered a yeast bacteria which provides high levels of vitamin A.
Click "source" for entire article.
Related: John Hopkins Newsletter article. "JHU iGEM team places in top 16 at World Championship Jamboree" (http://www.jhunewsletter.com/science-technology/jhu-igem-team-places-in-top-16-at-world-championship-jamboree-1.2693603)
Fri Nov 11 19:09:39 2011