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This engineered fungus cuts emissions and tastes like meat

Scientists used CRISPR to boost the efficiency and digestibility of a fungus already known for its meatlike qualities. The ...
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Gene-edited fungus tastes like meat and cuts protein’s climate impact by more than 50%

The way the world grows protein is straining the planet. Raising animals for food covers close to 40 percent of all farmland, ...

Tired of turkey? Try gene edited, meat-like fungi.

Using CRISPR gene editing technology, researchers from Jiangnan University in China took a fungus that is already used as a ...
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Gene-edited fungus could transform sustainable protein production

In new research from Jiangnan University in Wuxi, China, a gene-edited strain of Fusarium venenatum produced richer, more ...
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Scientists gene-edit fungus into protein packed, meat-like food using 70% less land

In this work, the gene-editing of Fusarium venenatum — a common mycoprotein source — was achieved without introducing any ...
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This “CRISPR Fungi” Is Sustainable, Packed with Protein and Could Become the Ultimate Superfood

A breakthrough study has just supercharged Fusarium venenatum (the fungus used in mycoprotein products like Quorn), turning ...

CRISPR Supercharges a Meatlike Fungus Into a Sustainable Protein Powerhouse

CRISPR has turned a simple fungus into a fast-growing, meat-like protein source with impressively low environmental impact.
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Study suggests caterpillar fungus may help reduce cancer cell growth rates

A new study has researched a chemical compound derived from a unique caterpillar fungus known for its potential as a cancer treatment. This study has uncovered the intricate mechanisms by which this ...

Genetically engineered fungi are protein-packed, sustainable, and taste similar to meat

In a new study published in Trends in Biotechnology, researchers used a gene-editing technology called CRISPR to increase a ...
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Fungus Shrinks to Get into the Brain

Researchers at the University of Utah (U of U) Health report that a fungus that is a common cause of fungal meningitis undergoes a transformation once it enters the body, allowing it to infect the ...
New Scientist

Dangerous fungal lung infections could be treated with CAR T-cells

Life-threatening fungal lung infections could be treated with modified immune cells known as CAR T-cells, a study in mice suggests. People often breathe in a fungus called Aspergillus fumigatus that ...