Scientists bioengineer plants to have an animal-like immune system

[Brajeshwar]

https://bigthink.com/life/scientists-bioengineer-plants-animal-like-immune-system/

[karaterobot]

This seems like a safe, responsible thing to do, and probably my favorite thing about it is that there couldn't be unintended consequences.

[Terr_ → karaterobot]

The "good" news is they didn't transg-enic-plant the whole system--which would be crazy difficult--or create a toy reimplementation.

Instead did a spot-patch for "imagine if the plant could have generated this antibody on its own."

So kind of like checking that you're dog can wear a sweater, rather than creating a race of textile-weaving terriers.