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TOPIC: Science & Technology
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SLIDE SHOW Posted: November 27, 2008   
Student Researchers Build Fortified Beer FLASH VERSION
A team of college students at Rice University in Texas is engineering a new strain of beer that contains resveratrol, the heart-healthy ingredient found in red wine. The project is part of the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition, in which students design and build useful biological organisms using DNA "building blocks."
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Produced by: Lea Winerman
In the Lab, Rice University undergraduates Thomas Segall-Shapiro (sitting), Selim Sheikh (standing, right) and David Ouyang (standing, left) work on the biobeer project in the lab of professor Jonathan Silberg.
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In the Lab
Rice University undergraduates Thomas Segall-Shapiro (sitting), Selim Sheikh (standing, right) and David Ouyang (standing, left) work on the biobeer project in the lab of professor Jonathan Silberg.
Speaking: Thomas Segall-Shapiro
Photo Credit: Rice Univ. iGEM team, Audio Credit: Lea Winerman
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