What's So Scary About Rice?

摘要

IN THE HEART OF AMERICA'S rice industry,a fight has broken out between the King of Beers and a tiny biotech company.On one side is Anheuser-Busch,which uses Missouri-grown rice as an ingredient in beer.On the odier side is Ven-tria Biosciences,which is moving to Missouri with plans to cultivate transgenic rice containing human genes.The genes prompt the plant to make two proteins normally found in breast milk,tears,and saliva.The biotech company intends to turn the substances into therapeutic food products to treat stomach disorders.