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Status of the Biotech Salmon - Silvia Wulf

Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta

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Genetically Engineered Salmon

We're looking at shrimp specifically. There are some challenges similar to what we saw with salmon in terms of survivability and environmental impact. And so we think that shrimp is definitely an opportunity for this type of farming. We have a gene edited tilapia, which creates more muscle mass for the tilapia,. So it's a very economical form of protein. It knocks out myostatin, which is one of the proteins that turns over muscle mass.

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