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title: ""Adams and her colleagues engineered E. coli that incorporated three…"
date: 2019-12-26
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships shared a post.
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# "Adams and her colleagues engineered E. coli that incorporated three…

*December 26, 2019 · Facebook*

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\"Adams and her colleagues engineered E. coli that incorporated three genes from the Psilocybe cubensis mushroom, enabling the bacteria to synthesize psilocybin from the cheap and easily obtainable precursor molecule 4-hydroxyindole, and then they optimized the process to produce the drug on a larger scale.\"
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