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[Boing Boing] Brewers yeast genetically modified to produce THC and CBD

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  1. No Worries

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    My body may not be ready ...

    [Boing Boing] Brewers yeast genetically modified to produce THC and CBD

    Science will open the floodgates on cheap, reliable high-volume production of THC and CBD. Yeast's rapid growth and ease of culturing will likely enable new stronger-better-faster variants of both.

    UC Berkeley College of Chemistry:

     
    #1 No Worries, Feb 28, 2019
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  2. heypartner

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    Just Say No to GMO!

    Next they'll be messing with our beer!
     
    #2 heypartner, Feb 28, 2019
  3. Deckard

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    Fascinating.

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    #3 Deckard, Feb 28, 2019
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    Interested in how yeast is more environmentally friendly than plants.
     
    #4 fallenphoenix, Feb 28, 2019
  5. kubli9

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    Yeah, not sure I want to ingest Frankenweed.
     
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  6. Pole

    Pole Lies, damn lies, stats, and peer reviewed studies
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    no pesticides, deforestation, irrigation.....all the other things that humans say other humans are evil for when producing the things we need/desire on a mass scale.
     
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    For the next war, people should drop this in gaseous form to stop the fighting...
     
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    #8 Buck Turgidson, Mar 1, 2019
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    You know what, **** it, I was getting tired of accomplishing tasks, anyway.
     
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    If only there was another way to get cheap mar1juana.
     
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    Neat!

    Can I just grow some in my backyard yet?
     
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