Whoever says college students are lazy, ungrateful and just wasting their time and (parents’) money hasn’t been to Rice University, where a group of students is working diligently on a cure for heart disease and cancer.
That just so happens to be a beer.
The students are hoping to create a genetically modified strain of yeast that will ferment the beer while also producing resveratol, a substance in grapes that has been shown to reduce the risks of heart disease and cancer.
The brew will be known as BioBeer, and if all goes well, we will all soon be drinking/chugging/bonging/beer ponging/keg standing to our health.
Literally.
Great work, students of Rice University. Great work indeed.
[Photo courtesy of www.united-nations-of-beer.com]
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40ozPhil says:
Mon, 20th Oct 20088:07 pm
I can’t wait til this comes to market, I’d love to drink with purpose. Let’s eliminate cancer one drunk at a time!
Heather says:
Tue, 21st Oct 20081:23 am
me too, i love this innovation!
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