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Engineering a Caffeinated Plant

The challenge is to develop a synthetic biology approach to engineer a caffeinated plant, leveraging insights from caffeine biosynthesis in species like Camellia sinensis and Ilex paraguariensis. This involves understanding the biosynthetic strategies of these species and applying that knowledge to improve caffeine production or enable production in a new host plant. The goal is to overcome the limitations of current caffeine production methods and create a commercially viable biotechnology.

Science, Biology, Cell Biology