A diminished Amsterdam startup calledMedicinal Genomics , has analyzed the marijuana works down to its strand of DNA , and the party ’s chief executive officer says some analysis of the data will be available as an iPad app next dip .
For now , they ’ve released the estimate 400 million alkali pair that make up the Cannabis sativa genome on Amazon ’s EC2 public swarm .
The society hopes to grow marijuana plants orient to have specific medicinal properties .
Kevin McKernan , Medicinal Genomics ’ chief executive officer has been in biotech since 2000 when he cofounded Agencourt Bioscience . Cannabis pick up his fancy after reading a 2003 written report that outlinedanticancer properties in cannabinoids . He told UPI that themedical marijuana marketis growing by 50 pct every yr , and have got a detailed genome sequence will help with regulation .
“ It ’s going to have to be a fairly regulated market , ” he articulate , “ and regulation is going to make out through genetics and fingerprinting of which strains are approved . ”
[ Nature NewsviaGeekosystem , Image : Shutterstock ]
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