Just a Spoonful of Soybeans

Published: Feb. 12, 2014, 1:12 a.m.

A biotech start-up at UNC Charlotte could revolutionize how we take medicines by using soybean seeds. Scientists are inserting the DNA from viruses in the protein rich seeds of soybeans. They believe eating the modified soybeans can turn the human immune system in the gut on or off against various diseases.