[HN Gopher] Engineered photosynthesis demonstrated in animals in... ___________________________________________________________________ Engineered photosynthesis demonstrated in animals in vivo via synthetic biology Author : sethbannon Score : 45 points Date : 2022-12-07 19:39 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.nature.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.nature.com) | clnq wrote: | This is very interesting. In a limited but substantial way, | transplanting parts of the photosynthetic cell system could help | with a lot of cell-centric metabolic deficiencies in people, from | T1 diabetes to hypoxia in general. The delivery method seems to | be cumbersome. But perhaps in the next decade we'll have CRISPR | vectors that can deliver genetic information for organelles in a | cell, and that could also help with rejection. | | Slightly related - this study reminds me of an Andy Weir short | story Antihypoxiant - | http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/antihypoxiant.html. | mwcampbell wrote: | If you read that story all the way through, I think it's a good | warning against applying "move fast and break things" to | biotech. | macrolime wrote: | Can't wait for the first little green men (phosynthetic humans) | dahfizz wrote: | I wonder how it will change the livestock industry. Not having | to feed animals alleviates the environmental concerns about | eating meat, and would make meat cheaper. | | Hell, I would buy myself some photosynthesizing cows and pigs | if I can just put them in a pen outside and not have to feed | them. | gus_massa wrote: | There is a relevant analysis in https://what-if.xkcd.com/17/ | about a "green" cow that can get energy from photosynthesis. | sethbannon wrote: | Worth noting that they were able to treat osteoarthritis in mice | using transplanted mammalian cells engineered to photosynthesize. | They also posit that this can be used to treat common | degenerative diseases in humans by enhancing cell anabolism (the | process by which cells utilize energy to build molecules and | other things like proteins and lipids from smaller molecules). | Though still much work to be done there. | [deleted] | dr_dshiv wrote: | Clearly the future of ethical vegetarianism. | recuter wrote: | The other kind of beyond meat. If we can pretend plants are | meat we can pretend meat is plants goddamnit! | JunkEmu wrote: | Puts the green in soylent green | xeonmc wrote: | MY LIFE FOR AIUR ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-12-07 23:00 UTC)