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High-speed evolution in a test tube: Biotechnology's new wave
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The Associated Press
SEATTLE -- It is a revolution in evolution Charles Darwin never
dreamed of: Biotechnology companies are conducting high-speed
evolution in test tubes to create everything from super laundry
detergents to novel drugs.
Called directed evolution, the process could prove one of the most
important steps in biotechnology since genetic engineering. It is
getting a lot of attention at a meeting of 5,000 biotechnologists
this week in Seattle.
The idea is to discover i...
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The Immune System as a Tool for Directed Evolution
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