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I love trout… but now, the delicious fish is becoming just dreamy… with six-pack abs!
"A 10-year effort by a University of Rhode Island scientist to develop transgenic rainbow trout with enhanced muscle growth has yielded fish with what have been described as six-pack abs and muscular shoulders that could provide a boost to the commercial aquaculture industry."
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And then, upcoming, power your home with just a bottle of water
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The molecular hits just keep coming… this one… detecting single molecules from living cells
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The future of the neuro revolution, what Zack Lynch calls neuroceuticals, depends on targeting drugs at specific locations/cells. While the particular project discussed in this article is focused on targeting cancer cells in the body, the implications of developing a "suitcase" carrier for targeting chemicals at particular cells should be obvious.
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As long as it takes 5kg of wild fish to produce 1kg of farmed fish aquaculture is a waste of resources and an ecological crime.
holy moley, that is the most disgusting looking creature I’ve ever seen.
Captain Beefheart ‘Trout Mask Replica’ is playing in my heeeeed’
“A 10-year effort by a University of Rhode Island scientist to develop transgenic rainbow trout with enhanced muscle growth has yielded fish with what have been described as six-pack abs and muscular shoulders that could provide a boost to the commercial aquaculture industry.”Does not make for very good eats cavalier car parts.