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Dandelion Rubber
A fast-spreading fungus is ravaging the world's rubber trees. But
thanks to researchers at Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular
Biology and Applied Ecology, there's now an alternative: dandelions.
Scientists have long known that the weed's sap contains latex, but
it's difficult to harvest because dandelion ooze polymerizes —
goes gummy — when it hits the air. The Fraunhofer team overcame
that sticky problem by switching off a key enzyme. The new, improved
dandelion produces 500% more usable latex than the old weed does.
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