{"id":1020,"date":"2019-03-27T03:30:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-27T03:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsnewsforyou.com\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2019-03-27T03:30:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T03:30:04","slug":"scientists-just-used-rabbit-dna-to-create-a-new-kind-of-powerful-air-purifying-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/?p=1020","title":{"rendered":"Scientists just used rabbit DNA to create a new kind of powerful, air purifying plant."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like Rabbit Air, the company behind this sleek-looking Air Purifier, has some stiff\u2014and very weird\u2014competition. Scientists added mammal DNA to a houseplant to create a new kind of air purifier\u2014one with the added benefit of beautifying your home <em>and<\/em> providing something for your cat to knock over. What mammal\u2019s DNA did they use, you ask? A Rabbit\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>If this doesn\u2019t lead to some serious \u201cRabbit Air\u201d turf wars, I will be severely disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>The scientists chose a plant called \u201cDevil\u2019s Ivy\u201d (because, you know, they are clearly scientists from a 1960s Bond movie), then added a synthetic version of a rabbit gene called P450 2e1 (not the worst baby name I\u2019ve heard). In rabbits, the gene helps the body dispose of chemicals by promoting an enzyme that breaks them down. Apparently, the same thing happens when you add it to plants.<\/p>\n<p>The team tested their new-fangled fauna by exposing it to common household airborne chemicals including chloroform and benzene. When compared to a set of control plants (I\u2019m picturing Nefarious Ficus or Beezlebub\u2019s Begonia), their genetically modified houseplant put them all to shame, proving itself to be nearly five times more efficient.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers are, \u201ccurrently planning on performing additional tests to see what other chemicals the plants might be good at clearing out of the air. They are also considering testing other modified plants with different genes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fascinating stuff. Should these chemical-busting houseplants ever go to market, this allergy-and-paranoia prone Angeleno will be first in line. I even know what to call it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Dust Bunny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please hold your applause.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like Rabbit Air, the company behind this sleek-looking Air Purifier, has some stiff\u2014and very weird\u2014competition. Scientists added mammal DNA to a houseplant to create a new kind of air purifier\u2014one with the added benefit of beautifying your home and providing something for your cat to knock over. What mammal\u2019s DNA did they use, you&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1020\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}