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Post by account_disabled on Oct 25, 2023 4:56:41 GMT
The relevant substances are injected into the resulting embryos, and then wait. Three unusually brightly colored tadpoles emerged. One of them died. The other two, both males, had grown into spotted toads. They are named and. I'm so excited when it happens, tell me. the toad's toxicity. The toxin in toads (bufatoxin) is produced in the large parotid gland near the back, as well as smaller glands scattered throughout the body. It is quarantined in its normal state and only makes mammals sick. If the toad feels threatened, it produces a special enzyme, bufotoxin hydrolase, which moible number data intensifies the poison's effect a hundredfold. Using the technology, the second batch of embryos were edited to remove part of the gene encoding bufotoxin hydrolase. The result was a batch of non-toxic toads. After the conversation, Cooper offered to see the toad for himself. To do this, we go deep, through several sealed doors and security levels. We all wear hazmat suits over our clothes and shoe covers over our shoes. Cooper sprayed my tape recorder with some kind of disinfectant. The sign on the door read: Quarantine. Violators face fines. I decided it was better not to tell my own gene editing adventures, it was far from safe. Behind the door is like a barren zoo filled with animals of all sizes. It smells of both a hospital and a petting zoo. Nontoxic toads hopped around in several cages around the plastic tank. There were about a dozen of them, about ten weeks old, each centimeter long.
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