USDA grant could help genetically modified salmon company stay afloat
Humans have been eating genetically
modified crops for a while now, but we have not been eating
genetically modfied animals. If the USDA approves the grant for this
company, Aqua Bounty, then we will soon have a new type of food.
Genetically modified salmon that grow twice the rate of normal
salmon, and are mainly bottom feeders. The problem is that other
companies have lost grant money from the FDA after it has been
promised, and this shut their research down almost instantly. The
company has already invested 67 million dollars into this project and
they are trying to get the fish approved for public sale. It would
be interesting to start eating genetically modified food. I imagine
star trek like food someday, where we can click a button and make
food appear. It's a stretch, but if we can genetically modify things
how far can we go?
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