Forget Cow and Almond Milk: “Cockroach Milk” Might Soon Be the Future of Dairy—and It’s Beating Them in Nutrition
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Forget Cow and Almond Milk: “Cockroach Milk” Might Soon Be the Future of Dairy—and It’s Beating Them in Nutrition
In 2016, a team of international researchers published a structural biology study in IUCrJ that decoded the atomic-level makeup of protein crystals secreted by a little-known cockroach species, Diploptera punctata. These crystals—formed inside developing embryos—are so nutritionally dense that scientists have suggested they could one day serve as a potent compact food source. Backed by molecular imaging, the study revealed that the crystals are …
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