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boxedtoday at 5:54 AM1 replyview on HN

> This also has an enormous potential benefit of reducing avian flu and other zoonotic bird diseases.

How?


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curtisftoday at 6:03 AM

By replacing (some) farmed meat with farmed fungi protein.

Although it's theoretically possible for a disease to infect both fungus and animals, because the biology is so different, the risk is greatly, greatly reduced.

In addition, it may be possible to reduce the use of treatments such as antibiotics which, in their currently mass application to farmed animals, could directly lead to the development of antibiotic resistant in diseases which affect humans and animals.

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