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alakeya OP t1_j0ywdg6 wrote

Reply to comment by SpielbrecherXS in How realistic is “The future of” on Netflix? by alakeya

Do you have any article/research I can read about the glowing plants? That sounds amazing!

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SpielbrecherXS t1_j0z0bdg wrote

Well, this is the original publication, I guess: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41587-020-0500-9.epdf

But you can literally google "glowing gmo plants" for less in-depth text and more pics.

I think I've seen some ads for commercial plants like that, but I can't find it now. Maybe it was a crowdsourcing project that failed later.

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alakeya OP t1_j0z28h8 wrote

Thank you so much!

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meanogre t1_j116ed2 wrote

Glo-fish are a genetically modified fish species that glow neon colors under black light (UV heavy light). They’ve been on the market around a decade or so now. These fish have been modified with jellyfish DNA to produce fluorescing molecules in their skin. Here’s a link:

https://shop.glofish.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=FY22

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mjconver t1_j0z006j wrote

Just because they glow doesn't mean they're good for power. It's the same process as fireflies, and it's cold.

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alakeya OP t1_j0z27m9 wrote

Yeah I figured but it’s still so cool!

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U-N-C-L-E t1_j0z7uwx wrote

You're not allowed to be excited about things on this subreddit.

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alakeya OP t1_j0zdjkw wrote

I keep getting downvoted and I don’t understand what I said wrong TT I genuinely think that glowing plants are cool

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warthog0869 t1_j0zh44z wrote

here, take my upvote

because glowing plants are cool

some say even cold

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alakeya OP t1_j1017m4 wrote

Thank you, kind stranger. I’ll cherish it!

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tjoe4321510 t1_j0zz0q1 wrote

If you think that's cool then you should check out glow in the dark rabbits.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/13/glow-in-dark-rabbits-scientists

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alakeya OP t1_j101cf9 wrote

OMG THIS IS AMAZING!! That looks so cool TT It gives me Liv in the future vibes

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Filip-Kovac t1_j10kul2 wrote

Sorry but your answer gives me the feeling that you didn't even read the article.

After you guys talked about glowing plants, then you seem to be amazed by glowing rabbits, who are used for scientific experiments.

Prove me wrong please. How exactly do you think that is so cool?

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Psychomadeye t1_j10xcd6 wrote

Bioluminescent rabbits used to demonstrate a potential technique of intervention in deadly diseases need to justify being cool?

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Filip-Kovac t1_j113hd9 wrote

I think you dont understand what I meant by my message. I think that it's important for people to understand that the cool part is the as you said: "intervention in deadly diseases". All I meant by my answer is I am getting a feeling from the response by u/alakeya that he/she thinks the cool part is the glowing rabbits and not understanding the real point of curing the diseases

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alakeya OP t1_j115hwa wrote

No, I think that you’re misunderstanding something here. Me saying that something is cool does not exclude the scientific and medical research that has been put through and its purpose. Every single medical treatment has a side effect, and honestly, the fact that unlike some other potential treatments that can be a possible cause of death, this one causes bioluminescence, is pretty damn rad. I don’t understand what you’re trying to imply here, you’re bothered that I got excited by two interesting researchers?

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Filip-Kovac t1_j119ogk wrote

All I did was ask you to explain why you're excited. I thank you for that. Nothing more, nothing less ;)

Have a good day

edit: that is why I said I'm getting a feeling, please explain. Didn't mean no offense by it what so ever.

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alakeya OP t1_j11d6it wrote

It’s all good, man. Sorry I snapped, seemed like you were trying to portray my thought process as something different. Have a nice day too!

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Psychomadeye t1_j11bibd wrote

Bioluminescent animals are cool to me by default. Showing someone fireflies for the first time because they're from an area in which they aren't indigenous is like the first time someone sees snow in their 20's. Bioluminescent bunnies are pretty cool little guys to me by default. The fact that we can make them is also kinda cool. As far as if we should be making them, we're not really discussing that. It's intentionally not within the scope of this discussion. To me it feels like this is what bothers you.

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MPHunlimited t1_j0z4muh wrote

It is kind of sad to he honest. It's a complex chemical process that got solved halfway by a scientist, a startup company then tried to sell that they could figure out the last half and make it a consumer product. They made some progress but locked up a bunch of the work behind a patent, and then failed to make a glowing plant. Leaving the whole process locked legally and not easily picked up by the next person.

Capitalism can only give us avatar on the big screen. R.I.P.

(And the plants were small herbaceous annuals, arabidopsis. Theory was to figure it out there then market and make enough to move on to larger and more useful plants, house plants, etc.)

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alakeya OP t1_j0zdsno wrote

Oh Gosh, not this. In my opinion, scientific discovery/research shouldn’t be patented. Does this mean that the experiment is now stuck? Or are other companies/universities working on a different method?

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Kazumadesu76 t1_j13avuj wrote

You could also watch this great documentary about a whole planet of glowy plants/storage devices. The documentary is called Avatar.

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