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minus-squareprettybunnys@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI’ve been growing petunias bioengineered to bioluminesce for years, they were developed by a grad student and team in Idaho. So. Did they do it in a new way? How does this differ from the already developed technology utilizing the fungi growth pathway + firefly dna https://www.npr.org/2024/04/08/1242346659/genetically-modified-bioluminescent-petunias-make-their-own-light?renderPlatform=nprone_ios&unified=true Here’s an article about this from 2024
I’ve been growing petunias bioengineered to bioluminesce for years, they were developed by a grad student and team in Idaho.
So. Did they do it in a new way?
How does this differ from the already developed technology utilizing the fungi growth pathway + firefly dna
https://www.npr.org/2024/04/08/1242346659/genetically-modified-bioluminescent-petunias-make-their-own-light?renderPlatform=nprone_ios&unified=true
Here’s an article about this from 2024