Gene-gun lettuce, tobacco yield meat protein myoglobin
Scientists at Imperial College London have used a gene gun to insert pig and cattle myoglobin genes into lettuce and tobacco plants, achieving yields of up to 810 milligrams of the meat…
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Scientists Engineer Plants to Produce Meat Protein Myoglobin
Scientists from Imperial College London and partner institutions engineered tobacco and lettuce plants to produce myoglobin, a muscle protein responsible for meat’s colour and flavour. Using a gene gun, they inserted pig…
