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A group of 15 students of Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur (IIT-KGP) from the biotechnology department has been invited at MIT where they would participate in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM), the world’s biggest competition at Boston in the United States to showcase their unique genetic engineering skills to extract spider silk in a quicker and more economical way.
iGEM is the most prestigious competition in the emerging field of genetic engineering and synthetic biology. It is conducted by the iGEM Foundation and was initiated by the MIT in 2004.
