Plants that glow on their own developed

Monday, November 29, 2010 - 14:00 in Mathematics & Economics

Red roses with glowing petals, poinsettias lit up for Christmas and shrubbery that illuminates communities at night, rendering street lights unnecessary —  that's the vision behind the company BioGlow, Inc., which has transplanted into tobacco plants the genes that allow marine bacteria to light up.

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