In this photo released from the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, plant molecular biologist Maria Gallo, left, examines a test tube-grown peanut seedling held by postdoctoral research associate Victoria James – Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. Gallo is investigating a naturally occurring variation in a peanut protein that may be a first step toward an allergy-free peanut.

(Sally Lanigan, UF/IFAS)
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