Possible New Approach To Purifying Drinking Water
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - 10:14
in Biology & Nature
A genetic tool used by medical researchers may also be used in a novel approach to remove harmful microbes and viruses from drinking water. In a series of proof-of-concept experiments, engineers demonstrated that short strands of genetic material could successfully target a matching portion of a gene in a common fungus found in water and make it stop working.