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We are planing 4 projects.
1.tobacco 2.Arteriosclerosis 3.bioclock 4.Bread


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He said,"Here comes the BIOhealthy world"
1."Imagine there's no smoker"
The world has become bitter against smokers.However, many people like smoking and can't quit smoking.You might be one of such people. So, what if you got stinky in your mouth if you smoked or broke the "non-smoking promise"?? Very stinky breath will go out from your mouth,and all the people around you, the professors , friends, family members ,and also boy/girl friends.Then you will get so alone.... We are growing E.coli or bacterias which express the enzyme that reacts Dioxine and catalyzes a smelling substract.
2."DON'T BEAR OFF, EAT WHAT YOU WANT!"
Yes, Everyone wants to eat what they want.Many people like beaf steak,fried chiken,pork cutlets,hot dogs, hamburgers, many fatty foods,and so on.Only one imagines such foods ,thier mouth will soon get watering.However, too much eating such foods are dangerous for the body.It's very unhealthy.such food (that we like?or the foods like us? I wonder) include much LDL cholesterol.LDL cholesterol causes many diseases.We finally eat what we want! So,one of our projects will make the desire come true.We find a new way to prevent one of the diseases LDL cholesterol cause. Arteriosclerosis is caused by LDL cholesterols. So, we are growing S.cerevisiae which express LDL cholesterol receptor and inhibits the absorption of LDLcholesterols in the blood vassel.