Molecular farming company Moolec has inserted pig genes into soy beans to generate meaty-tasting proteins that can be grown in plants.

I’m naturally quite cautious about things like this, but I’m curious to hear your thoughts.

  • Maoo [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Adequate buffer zones won’t be 100% implemented, though. Nobody’s going to make them do that worldwide.

    Would be better to introduce genetic incompatibilities so that GMOs were infertile with non-GMOs.

    • Aryuproudomenowdaddy [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Would be better to introduce genetic incompatibilities so that GMOs were infertile with non-GMOs.

      I guess if that was your goal they would probably have to insert a novel gene that wouldn’t be present in say, the over 10,000 different varieties of conventionally bred tomatoes and then engineer the plant to produce sterile seeds, but that seems like a much more concerning trait to let out into the wild than beans expressing umami flavor. Terminator seed technology has been around for a while but as far as I know there have been no commercial applications because it worries a lot of different groups.