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Scientists uncovered the nutrients bees were missing — Colonies surged 15-fold (www.sciencedaily.com)
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Using CRISPR-Cas9, scientists engineered a yeast to produce the nutrient feed. Farmers could have it in two years.

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[–] protist@retrofed.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"They" being the University of Oxford?

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Plenty of companies have been founded by former university researchers based on discoveries they've made while at said universities. Seems like nothing prevents those folks from patenting the newfound methods for themselves.

Or, they will license the technology to a big manufacturer. Seeing as the University of Oxford is probably ill-equipped to produce industrial amounts of yeast.