Brewers yeast genetically modified to produce THC and CBD

Boffins put the FUN into fungus by rigging yeast to squirt out the active ingredients in cannabis

Greener than growing green, Berkeley biologists claim

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/01/yeast_cannabis_brewing/

Apparently, the process also can generate cannabinoids that don’t exist in nature, offering up more targets for medical research.

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