Nippon Paper Begins Test Farming Rice That Alleviates Hay Fever
Nippon Paper Group has started test farming a rice which could alleviate hay-fever symptoms. The rice was specially developed using the MAT vector system, a biotechnology for genetically extracting certain genomes, in this case an epitope in the rice. The epitope will act as a vaccine for hay-fever, so people who eat it will experience fewer hay-fever symptoms when the season arrives. Nippon Paper will set up a large greenhouse of 500 square meters on the island of Komatsu. [click link for full article]
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