Soya beans made more meat-like by adding genes for pig proteins

Re:Soya beans made more meat-like by adding genes for pig pr... by replygirl on Saturday July 01, 2023 @04:51PM (#36555053)

i know nothing about how allergies work, how would a soybean with 25% pork proteins not trigger a pork allergy?

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Re:Soya beans made more meat-like by adding genes for pig pr... by bell-cot on Saturday July 01, 2023 @05:10PM (#36555267)

Allergies are to specific proteins, or sub-sections thereof.

So the only question for the pork-allergic person is "does my immune system take offense to any of the pork proteins which they put into this soya bean?".

(Well, okay - if "no" to that first question, then you still may want to ask "is my immune system going to start taking offense to what is in this soya bean?", and "might they suddenly change which pork proteins are in the beans, blindsiding me?".)

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Re:Soya beans made more meat-like by adding genes for pig pr... by bell-cot on Saturday July 01, 2023 @08:19PM (#36556782)

CORRECTION: Looks like I'm wrong on this one, and findecanor is correct. Vote me down and his(?) response up.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alpha-gal-syn...

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Re:Soya beans made more meat-like by adding genes for pig pr... by Findecanor on Saturday July 01, 2023 @05:11PM (#36555273)

There is no specific "pork allergy". People can be allergic against a carbohydrate called "alpha-gal", which is present in all mammalian meat, which includes pork. People with "meat allergy" are not sensitive to poultry, reptilian meat or shellfish (the same way).

As long as this soy plant produces only the protein and not the carbohydrate, it should be fine.

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