Perhaps humanity has seen the first step towards a long-held dream. No, not a manned mission to Mars, a cure for cancer or a solution for world peace; those would pale in comparison to the promise of healthier, cheaper and tastier chocolate.
Scientists from Mars (the chocolate company), the U.S. Department of Agriculture and IBM (NYSE:IBM) have announced that they successfully sequenced the cacao plant. Although this is merely the first step, it opens up the door to a lot of potential changes. Though there will no doubt be howls of protests about the grim spectre of "Franken-chocolate" ruining the candy aisle forever more, agricultural companies and chocolate producers could ultimately forge a more sustainable crop and a healthier, tastier end-user product.
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