BBC News – Hopes rise for low allergy peanut
Jun 15
How amazing could this be?
If they can create a peanut that is low allergy, when will they be able to create one that is NO allergy?
I know there is the camp that is against the whole genetic manipulation of food, but it’s very cool and promising.
Besides, genetically modifying food and plants may lead us to some very important medical discoveries!
Researchers are working on peanuts that are low allergy, which could put an end to the problems the popular seed can cause.
Through mixing varieties, the US team has managed to remove or reduce key proteins thought to spark the allergy.
They stress the resulting peanuts are not genetically modified but the product of conventional cross-breeding.
Peanut allergies are relatively common and usually cause breathing problems.
But at their most serious, they can lead to a potentially life-threatening anaphylactic shock.
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