GMO yeast producing thc and cbd

Roger A. Shrubber said:
https://www.engadget.com/2019/02/28/genetically-modified-yeast-cannabinoids/

i have no idea what to think about this yet....my mind is flashing from euphoria to alarm, and back again, about every .5 seconds....
what the hell do you all think? i need some outside input...
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Seems like they are mainly touting it as a faster method of producing cannabinoids for use in scientific studies. Barring any further info I'm not particularly uncomfortable with that. I would, however, be alarmed if they moved into production for commercial consumption without some pretty stringent testing.
An upside that I could see arising from this (assuming what they produce tests to be safe and effective) is the production of rare but possibility beneficial cannabinoids like THC-V. I'll be watching this with interest.
 
If that yeast gets outside of a lab and into public hands it's a wrap. Lot cheaper way to make a product, especially for tinctures and vape cartridges.
 
macsnax said:
This is bad period. Prohibition 2.0 led us here and their control had just begun. I hope I'm wrong, but this just paves the way for them to tell us what, when, where, and how we get and use cannabis.
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yes and no...they may control "official" outlets, but the black market will never die, and things like this will just make it dig in deeper and hide better....
 
madra said:
Why do they feel the need to fix whats not broken? Maybe we enjoy growing it and thats part of the therapy?
People should be allowed to produce their own medicine and medicate how they wish once it doesnt infringe on anyone else, whats the problem?
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this doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing, it's not flower, and there will always be people that want flower. and it will drop the price of concentrates a little...once it get's going. i don't see it having a big impact for a few years, they'll have to do trials, it won't be commercially available till they give it fda approval, and at first it will go to universities and labs...and be prohibitively expensive. in two or three years i'm expecting it to be "hacked", and available from online sources, so people will start experimenting with it at home. that's when it will see development for producing concentrates.
they also don't mention terpenes, which i think have a very significant effect that works hand in hand with the cannabinoids, they'll have to either add them, as extract from some other source, or engineer separate strains of yeast to produce both cannabinoids and terpenes, in different combinations
 
I don’t think anyone can predict the effect of something this different. I am sure that the corporate world will try to wring anything of value out of this and slap a restrictive patent on the product or process or parts of a process. Then once it is exclusively owned many different eventualities are possible.

Another thought; bootlegged yeast could be the hottest thing on the Black Market. Could give a new meaning to Perpetual Grow!
 
Makes me feel like I oughta dust off the ol' innoculation loop....Might even have a pack of sterile petri dishes stashed away from the freelance mycology experiments, back in my reckless days before the turn of the century....
 
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