• j4k3@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    … In other news… A livestock breakthrough using CRISPR grows cattle with a complete lack of pain. Tune in for the full story, “Vegan Beef,” on Fox News at eleven!..

    …I don’t know about you Karen, but between the vegan human brains, and disposable painless laborers subscriptions from Monsteranto, neo ethics are amazing… said to cohost nervously /s

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      2 months ago

      Wasn’t crispr the name of that microwave weapon that was considered a war crime to use?

      Also don’t know about anyone else but personally I’m 100% still not touching meat grown in a lab

      • naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        CRISPR is possibly one of the most significant technologies invented this century lmao. It’s a technique for inserting base sequences into DNA at targetable sites, the idea being that you can attach their expression to the expression of another sequence.

        It enables making transgenic organisms reliably. You can actually like order sequences and do it at home with a little knowhow.

        Have a read about it, it’s truly one of the most exciting things of our lifetime.