{"id":141931,"date":"2025-12-08T07:59:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=141931"},"modified":"2025-12-08T07:59:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T07:59:27","slug":"chinas-lab-fungus-produces-low-cost-meat-like-protein-to-replace-chicken-farms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=141931","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s lab fungus produces low cost, meat-like protein to replace chicken farms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have genetically modified a fungus commonly used in the production of meat substitutes to make it an even more environmentally friendly source of protein than chicken \u2013 one of the farmed animals that has the least impact on the environment.<br \/>\nThe team used CRISPR-based gene editing to modify Fusarium venenatum, improving its production efficiency and reducing its environmental impact without introducing foreign DNA, according to a paper published in the peer-reviewed Trends in&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3335590\/chinas-lab-fungus-produces-low-cost-meat-protein-replace-chicken-farms?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostChinese scientists have genetically modified a fungus commonly used in the production of meat substitutes to make it an even more environmentally friendly source&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141931"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=141931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=141931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=141931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=141931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}