A University of Illinois perfesser has received a $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation in order to pursue a cure for cancer means of altering the sexes of papaya plants. No, this isn't a put-on; your money is really going to fund this critically important endeavor. Apparently, the recession hasn't significantly impacted the halls of academia (or is that macademia?). Either way, it's nuts.
U. of I. plant biology professor Ray Ming secured a $3.1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to change the papayas' sex to grow only plants that produce hermaphrodite offspring.
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