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GforceDz t1_je922lz wrote

Reply to comment by Arrrrrr2D2 in Israeli scientists develop drought-resistant tomatoes by TheLieDetectorBro

Just thinking about some of the cheap junk food snacks that are made, imagine the meat version of that.

You know how they say banana flavor is based on how bananas used to taste.

Bananas are essentially cloned now and at risk of dying out because of a lack of resistance to disease.

Imagine this happening to lab grown meat.

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TestaOnFire t1_jeaalu9 wrote

>Bananas are essentially cloned now

Because banana are sterile. The wild variety have this big seeds that cannot be eaten.

Plus, we still can create resistance to desease in bananas... GMO is the easiest one.

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Senyu t1_jeawd03 wrote

Why not have cell stock refreshed now and then so we aren't dependent on a single cell lineage forever? However long a stock cycle may be, we can develop processes that periodically draw fresh cell sources from animals. It's not like farm animals are simply going to disapear, but ideally we can reduce the vast number of farm animals necessary to sustain our planet's food needs.

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