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Western Australia Plans To Release Mutant Flies Into The Wild
Over the past few years, as people have been freaking out about a plan to release genetically modified mosquitoes in the Florida Keys, the company behind those mosquitoes has been quietly toiling away on another project. This week, British biotech company Oxitec announced plans for field trials of a genetically modified Mediterranean fruit fly in…
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You Can Thank Genetic Engineering For Your Delicious Cheese
It used to be that making cheese meant killing cows. Young cows, specifically — a few days old, at most. The stomach of an unweaned calf produces enzymes that turn liquid milk into good, hard, flavorful cheeses like Parmesan and Cheddar. These enzymes, called rennet, are secreted by mucous membranes that line the calf’s fourth…
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Why The US Government Says It Doesn’t Need To Regulate This Mutant Mushroom
A mushroom that’s resistant to browning has become the first CRISPR-edited food to get green lit by the US government. Here’s how this mutated fungus managed to escape USDA oversight — and why this agency needs to upgrade its regulatory guidelines.
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Corn Grown In Space Caves Could Be The Future Of Farming
A new discovery could take corn farming to perhaps the last place you’d expect to see it: in underground mines and caves. Perhaps, eventually, even to other planets. It sounds like science fiction, but it’s real, and it could drastically change the future of food production as we know it.