SAN MARINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Viral Genetics, Inc., (Pink Sheets: VRAL) lead scientist Dr. M. Karen Newell will present research that appears to hold potential for creating a cost-effective biofuel at the 7th Annual AREDAY—American Renewable Energy Day—in Aspen, Colorado. Newell seems to have discovered a trigger that increases oil or “lipid” production in plants. Other featured speakers will include T. Boone Pickens, Ted Turner, James Cameron, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and Under Secretary of Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy Dr. Kristina Johnson, among others.