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Genetically Modified Plants To Produce Natural Lighting

Posted by samzenpus on from the glowing-sidewalks dept.

kkleiner writes "A team has launched a crowdsourcing campaign to develop sustainable natural lighting by using a genetically modified version of the flowering plant Arabidopsis. Using the luciferase gene, the enzyme responsible for making fireflies glow, the researchers will design, print, and transform the genes into the target plant. The project, which was recently launched on Kickstarter, has already raised over $100k with over a month left to go."

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  1. Mosquitos by TrollstonButtersbean · · Score: 5, Funny

    They need to do this to mosquitoes, let the modification spread around several generations and make a better world ...

  2. Going to Hell in a (brightly lit) Handbasket by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    While I think this is pretty cool and all (Avatar anyone?), once people get a hold of the fact that the enzyme is called 'Luciferase', things could get rather warm for the company (at least in the US).

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    Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!
  3. Re:Just say NO to GMO by jtownatpunk.net · · Score: 5, Funny

    One way to find out.

    And you just added something to my list of things to try.

  4. Re:Just say NO to GMO by Local+ID10T · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is GMO I can truly appreciate. Of course, I would also support development of gigantic venus-flytraps that are self-mobile...

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    "You want to know how to help your kids? Leave them the fuck alone." -George Carlin
  5. Re:No more GMO! by R3d+M3rcury · · Score: 5, Funny

    Go to google and type in "gmo tumors" or "gmo infertility" to research for yourself.

    Wow. While I was at it, I googled "measles and autism" and "moon landing hoax."

    After all, they can't put anything on the Internet if it isn't true.