I moss say, life on Mars is a breeze

• Autores: Aviva Rutkin
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3041, 2015, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • At the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, student researchers imagine an ambitious future for moss. They are working on a new line of moss, changing its DNA to prepare it for life in a harsh Martian environment. The students were inspired by TychoBio, a Copenhagen start-up that has genetically engineered moss to make chemicals such as ingenol mebutate, a treatment for skin cancer. The team wondered whether moss could manufacture medicines for astronauts.