Genetically Engineered Lettuce Doubles Protein Content Using Rabbit Genes

Genetically Engineered Lettuce Doubles Protein Content Using Rabbit Genes

Scientists have created a new variety of lettuce packed with significantly more protein than ordinary versions, pointing toward a future where everyday vegetables could help address nutritional shortfalls around the world. The development, reported by Futurism, involves inserting rabbit genes into lettuce plants to produce a muscle protein called myoglobin. The resulting leafy greens contain roughly twice the protein content of traditional lettu…

Scientists Genetically Engineer High-Protein Lettuce

Scientists have finally created what might be the only thing that can get meatheads to eat their veggies: protein lettuce. By literally shooting pig genes into the chloroplasts of lettuce and tobacco cells, an international team of researchers were able to grow produce that contained the animal protein myoglobin, they report in a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Plant Science. Is this the pathway to the next ridiculous protein-inf…

Researchers used a gene gun to make lettuce and tobacco produce cattle and pig myoglobin, the protein that gives meat its red colour and umami flavour

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