dear daisy,
it was very un-romantic to talk about 'lab grown meat industry' during a date that involved steak and a nice restaurant.
that was the story of my life.
for valentines day - i would like to write about the safety and regulation on cellular agriculture and food production.
emerging biotechnology has come out with genetically modified agricultural products which has the potential in addressing the challenges related to the sustainable development such as climate change, pest control and disease, malnutrition and food insecurities. genetically modified organism technology involves alteration of organisms in genetic level and is often dubbed as 'franken food' adopting from Dr. Frankenstein's sapient creature turned monster.
despite controversy and fear, it is very important that we understand the scope and limitation of GM products to fit with the currently FDA regulation. it is also very important to re-classify and label GM products - to not be associated with natural, grown products. for example, the name of food/product is often originated from its source, i.e. milk is lactation product from cows. in this view, what should we call 'cow free milk' which produced by yeast?
and how about lab grown petri-dish steak, would this fall into 'agricultural' products instead of meat and poultry?
the rose by any other name would be genetically modified or artificial.
it is very crucial that we draw the line between biotechnology manufactured food and traditional method to define new food and facilitate more precise safety measurement regarding to genetic modification.
aquabounty GMO salmon - regulations
as in case with aquabounty, the salmon were genetically modified using genes from other fishes to grow 1.5 times faster and bigger compared to its usual rate. the FDA approval is controversial and contested - on ground that animal's genetic modification may not be safe for consumption. prion disease which can be caused by a single protein misfolding may also appear in fish.
prion disease gets fishy
cas-9 crispr technology paved the way in food industry by insertion of genetic barcode to enable the recognition of specific strain from specific organism to make it easier to verify new organism and their protein products - and to keep track through the supply chain.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
the future of food and genetic manipulation - is actually 'scarier' than i thought. what is wrong with conventional and sustainable agriculture?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
elon musk just confirmed that in order to keep up with the AI, human must evolve and integrate with the technology. (today's news)
we discussed the same thing in class last week, about creating new type of human that could breathe nitrogen instead of oxygen (and thick skin that could live with super radiation) - manipulation of warburg effect - kreb cycle - da-- daa-- daddaa-- is making me hungry. i'm planning to go to walhburgers at fenway - my metabolism need burger, bruh! warburg effect. so happy valentines day.
 |
| salt bae |
that was the story of my life.
for valentines day - i would like to write about the safety and regulation on cellular agriculture and food production.
emerging biotechnology has come out with genetically modified agricultural products which has the potential in addressing the challenges related to the sustainable development such as climate change, pest control and disease, malnutrition and food insecurities. genetically modified organism technology involves alteration of organisms in genetic level and is often dubbed as 'franken food' adopting from Dr. Frankenstein's sapient creature turned monster.
despite controversy and fear, it is very important that we understand the scope and limitation of GM products to fit with the currently FDA regulation. it is also very important to re-classify and label GM products - to not be associated with natural, grown products. for example, the name of food/product is often originated from its source, i.e. milk is lactation product from cows. in this view, what should we call 'cow free milk' which produced by yeast?
and how about lab grown petri-dish steak, would this fall into 'agricultural' products instead of meat and poultry?
the rose by any other name would be genetically modified or artificial.
it is very crucial that we draw the line between biotechnology manufactured food and traditional method to define new food and facilitate more precise safety measurement regarding to genetic modification.
aquabounty GMO salmon - regulations
as in case with aquabounty, the salmon were genetically modified using genes from other fishes to grow 1.5 times faster and bigger compared to its usual rate. the FDA approval is controversial and contested - on ground that animal's genetic modification may not be safe for consumption. prion disease which can be caused by a single protein misfolding may also appear in fish.
prion disease gets fishy
cas-9 crispr technology paved the way in food industry by insertion of genetic barcode to enable the recognition of specific strain from specific organism to make it easier to verify new organism and their protein products - and to keep track through the supply chain.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
the future of food and genetic manipulation - is actually 'scarier' than i thought. what is wrong with conventional and sustainable agriculture?
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
elon musk just confirmed that in order to keep up with the AI, human must evolve and integrate with the technology. (today's news)
we discussed the same thing in class last week, about creating new type of human that could breathe nitrogen instead of oxygen (and thick skin that could live with super radiation) - manipulation of warburg effect - kreb cycle - da-- daa-- daddaa-- is making me hungry. i'm planning to go to walhburgers at fenway - my metabolism need burger, bruh! warburg effect. so happy valentines day.
