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  • Without photosynthesis, ozone, and a molecule called Rubisco, we wouldn't exist

    Feb 18, 2021 11:15 am by NOVAIllinois in the News
    Researchers at the RIPE project genetically modified these tobacco seedlings to increase yield by 40%

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    • Researchers at the RIPE project genetically modified these tobacco seedlings to increase yield by 40%

    NOVA (Feb. 17) Groundbreaking U. of I. researchers have spent decades teasing apart the workings of photosynthesis. They explain why Rubisco is not perfect, but it is arguably the most important enzyme on the planet.