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FDA Approves First CRISPR Cows for Beef

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Re: FDA Approves First CRISPR Cows for Beef

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Post by epgui »

ksec wrote: post #8

From the 12+ Years on HN I know this is an unpopular opinion. I dont like GMO / Genome-edited cattle / food or crops. Even if it could theoretically occur through a natural breeding process. You can cross breed all you want. GMO is not cross breed as many on HN somehow believes last time we had this discussions. You can do Data Science and other controlled environment in providing better yield as in EUR ( Or specific…

I’m a biochemist, and I’d feed GMOs to my kids all day if I had any. Or to my mom. They’re totally fine.

Re: FDA Approves First CRISPR Cows for Beef

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Post by vanattab »

ksec wrote: post #8

From the 12+ Years on HN I know this is an unpopular opinion. I dont like GMO / Genome-edited cattle / food or crops. Even if it could theoretically occur through a natural breeding process. You can cross breed all you want. GMO is not cross breed as many on HN somehow believes last time we had this discussions. You can do Data Science and other controlled environment in providing better yield as in EUR ( Or specific…

I am not a big fan of idea of GMO beef ether, not because I fear it will be dangerous but because I fear it will taste like crap and be unhealthy for the cows. Today they will make the cows hair shorter so they stay cooler for when they edit them tomorrow to grow an extra couple of hundred pounds of rapidly grown muscle.

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Post by 0des »

This might be an unpopular opinion here but if this puts more beef on the table or at a lesser price, bring it on. I love beef. I want more people to have access to good quality beef at a competitive price. The pandemic for me saw meat in general double in price on average. I can't in good faith consume corn, tomatoes, tobacco, or even broccoli while saying I don't support GMO. It is not the same but it also is not an entirely unrelated concept. As an engineer we are taught to analyze and overcome and to me this is nothing different.

Re: FDA Approves First CRISPR Cows for Beef

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Post by histriosum »

danielovichdk wrote: post #9

Address the real problem. We are too many people on the earth for the resources that we are naturally given. That's a fact.

Even if we were to accept that fact as stated (I don't, but let's assume we do..)

What are you proposing, exactly? It sounds like "address the real problem" here means you are suggesting killing people off. That definitely doesn't seem like a good answer.

China tried the one child policy, and it didn't turn out very well. The second order effects were pretty awful, and will be felt for generations.

What would you suggest the path forward to less population is?

Re: FDA Approves First CRISPR Cows for Beef

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Post by klondike_ »

Thorrez wrote: post #18
ksec wrote: post #8

From the 12+ Years on HN I know this is an unpopular opinion. I dont like GMO / Genome-edited cattle / food or crops. Even if it could theoretically occur through a natural breeding process. You can cross breed all you want. GMO is not cross breed as many on HN somehow believes last time we had this discussions. You can do Data Science and other controlled environment in providing better yield as in EUR ( Or specific…

>And we may soon have Cattle labeled as GMO / Genome-Edit Free as selling point A lot of food I buy has labels saying GMO-free on it. Although maybe that's just to distinguish from GMO plants currently.

There are actually very few GMO crops available commercially. Mostly corn and wheat. The "No GMO" label is meaningless for most products that don't use these ingredients

Re: FDA Approves First CRISPR Cows for Beef

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Post by tormock »

x3c wrote: post #6
thebricksta wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The optimist in me hopes this really is a quality of life improvement for the cattle. The pessimist in me fears this a way to begin patenting livestock.

Being out in the sun itself would be a huge step up in quality of life of cattle. Doubt free range cows represent a majority.

Either way, 1/2" long hair probably isn't a big overheating factor

Re: FDA Approves First CRISPR Cows for Beef

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Post by klondike_ »

ksec wrote: post #8

From the 12+ Years on HN I know this is an unpopular opinion. I dont like GMO / Genome-edited cattle / food or crops. Even if it could theoretically occur through a natural breeding process. You can cross breed all you want. GMO is not cross breed as many on HN somehow believes last time we had this discussions. You can do Data Science and other controlled environment in providing better yield as in EUR ( Or specific…

You don't provide any argument for why you dislike GMO food here. What bothers you so much about GMO food?

The fact is that humans have been breeding plants and animals to increase efficiency and palatability for thousands of years, and GMO is the next technological step.

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