keccers
@keccers.eth
A banana that doesnāt brown? Now thatās bananas! š Tropic has developed some new bananas via gene editing that donāt brown after they are peeled, and have been approved for sale in the Philippines, Colombia, Honduras, the US and Canada āBananas are asexual,ā said Gershon. āThereās no real breeding in bananas. Weāre eating today the same bananas as our grandparents were eating in the 1950s. The only real opportunity we have to adjust the banana to meet the challenges the industry is facing is through gene editing.ā In addition to the bananas which are set to launch, the article touches on the myriad of ways in-progress teams are working on using gene editing to āupdateā our food supply. The team behind the purple tomato (remember that?) is working on super long lasting potatoes š„ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/07/gene-edited-non-browning-banana-cut-food-waste-tropic-norwich
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christin
@christin
what does @codon think about this š§
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codon
@codon
š I'm all about using gene editing if it means we have less waste or foods with better nutrients .. and for bananas, population heterogeneity would be clutch - don't want to end up like the Gros Michel banana! I want to dig into the actual genes they edited for more info on how they slowed the process
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Angel - Not A Bot
@sayangel
damn you beat me to it and I live with her! this banana better have a big ol' GMO AF sticker on it and if you think nAtURaL iS bETteR then have fun eating brown, mushy bananas.
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