这些科学家在土豆中添加了人类脂肪基因 - 它们正在成长为巨大的比例

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好的,也许不如图片中的那样大。

土豆是我最喜欢的蔬菜;您可以将它们变成炸薯条,烘烤品尝精美的菜肴,或将它们捣碎,然后将它们作为配菜。煮土豆的可能性无尽,还有什么比在其中添加人类脂肪基因更大和更加汁液更好?

科学家曾经实验随着较大的农作物的种植,他们似乎找到了完美的解决方案。将与肥胖和脂肪质量有关的人类基因加入植物中,以产生超级作物。将马铃薯植物插入一种称为FTO的脂肪调节蛋白,该蛋白质将遗传密码改为产生额外的蛋白质,从而产生大量的土豆,几乎是同一植物作物生长的普通蛋白质的两倍。“这确实是一个大胆而奇怪的想法。老实说,我们可能期待一些灾难性的影响,”他说,他芝加哥大学的化学家。

The chemist further explained that since potatoes don’t have a fat-regulating protein like FTO, it was difficult to predict how the plant was going to react and they were dreading that it would result in the death of the potato plant since the FTO had no restrictions and would continue growing at an alarming rate. But their worries were resolved as they were able to grow a large, hearty potato.

If you’re dreaming of cooking that juicy potato, you might need to put those thoughts on hold for the time being as the research is still in the early stages and it would be some time before we get to see those genetically modified (if at all) potatoes hit our local grocery stores. The scientists believe that growing large-sized crops instead of more crops would save space for agriculture without affecting the climate and even help fight global hunger in the future.

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