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Gamers Wanted to Attack Food Toxin

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Attacking Aflatoxins with Enzymes and Foldit

Learn about the efforts of a biochemist and his team in collaboration with Mars Inc. to develop an enzyme that can break a key component of Aflatoxins, toxins produced by funguses that infect crops, which has potential to solve the Aflatoxin problem. The speaker also discusses the role of a protein manipulation game called Foldit in finding a solution to this issue.

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