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Adding Human Gene Boosts Crop Yields by 50 PercentAdding the human gene that produces the FTO enzyme to rice and potatoes boosts yields of those crops by 50 percent in field tests, report a team of researchers associated with the University of Chicago, Peking University, and Guizhou University. Their report in the journal Nature Biotechnology says the modified plants grew significantly larger, produced longer root systems, and were better able to tolerate drought stress. In humans, the FTO enzyme erases certain markers that regulate the production of proteins associated with cellular growth. In plants, the FTO enzyme similarly erases markers that inhibit their growth.
Tästä keksinnöstä on varmasti odotettavissa ISO HALOO. Muistamme varmasti, että geenitekniikan vastustajien iskusanana on jo kauan ollut "Frankenfood", joka tietysti viittaa tarinaan
Frankensteinin hirviöstä. Jos
ihmisen geeni liitetään viljalajiin, se kyllä on mitä oivallisin esimerkki. — Osaan jo kuvitella iskulauseet, että kaveria ei syödä!
Siinä sitten pohtimaan, mitä toisaalta merkitsisi satotason korottaminen 50 prosentilla. Eikä tuo edes oletettavasti noihin kahteen lajiin jää:
They believe that the technique is universal and would boost the productivity and drought tolerance of not only most crops, but also trees, grasses, and more.