12-07-2022, 04:36 AM
(12-06-2022, 11:29 AM)michaelsean Wrote: The genetically modified vegetables will kill you, but then eat this stuff? No thanks.
Everything will kill you. As far as protein. It could be a high quality source. Since it is living cells growing the biochemistry should work well for us compared to trying to manufacture macro-nutrients.
Chirality is an important concept for stereochemistry and biochemistry. Most substances relevant to biology are chiral, such as carbohydrates (sugars, starch, and cellulose), the amino acids that are the building blocks of proteins, and the nucleic acids. In living organisms, one typically finds only one of the two enantiomers of a chiral compound. For that reason, organisms that consume a chiral compound usually can metabolize only one of its enantiomers. For the same reason, the two enantiomers of a chiral pharmaceutical usually have vastly different potencies or effects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirality_(chemistry)
There are a lot of different ways we could go with this. Maybe a genetically engineered super nutrient rich strain. Or maybe people want to eat some shark, whale, polar bear, lion, bald eagle, or giraffe meat?
