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    January 27, 2004

    Real-Life Flower Power

    Here's an interesting story about genetically modified plants being used for good things. Apparently scientists have genetically modified ARABIDOPSIS thaliana commonly called Thale Cress to detect landmines. The flowers turn red when planted on top of buried land mines.

    The full story is here.

    Posted by Patrick Rogers at 03:54 PM | TrackBack
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    That is an interesting use of plants. If it comes off it could save thousands of lives.

    Posted by: Ryan at January 30, 2004 08:00 AM

    I guess the only problem is you have to wait for them to bloom! :-). Still it seems like an excellent way to clear landmines out of large areas of land.

    Posted by: Patrick Rogers at January 30, 2004 08:09 AM
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