ROCKVILLE, Md. — The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) applauds Congressional reauthorization of the America COMPETES Act.
Originally enacted in 2007, the America Creating Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in Technology, …
Genetic tools developed by MIT and Malaysian researchers will help identify and preserve a Southeast Asian tree containing a substance that inhibits viruses and boosts fertility. The work is reported in the March 2003 issue of Plant Physiology. Compounds extracted from the roots of the tree may lead to useful new drugs. New genetic tools for studying the trees and other tropical plants were developed by researchers at MIT and the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM).