Jul 01
Finally, High Througput Sequencing put to good use
Today, a U.S. Department of Agriculture team, funded with more than $10 million from Mars Inc., announced that they will start sequencing the cocoa genome. The results are likely to help in the battle against cocoa plant diseases and, much more importantly, they could also lead to better-tasting chocolate.
A lot of people would probably also be thankful if the results could guide us towards a diet version with the same taste 
Update: IMB has posted a video promotion of this research project at YouTube.