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I'm skeptical of the "magic noodles" bit as mentioned in the article. The "tokoroten" noodles are just agar. Pretty much everyone in biology tries growing cel
by pravetz259 3mo ago
I'm skeptical of the "magic noodles" bit as mentioned in the article.
The "tokoroten" noodles are just agar.
Pretty much everyone in biology tries growing cells in agar, right? Surely that can't have been an amazing discovery?
- poizan42 3mo agoMaybe there is something else in Gelidium amansii that it needs, if the tokoroten was produced in the traditional way?
- colingauvin 3mo agoI've had cells growing fine in 20 L Cytiva wave bags and then fail to grow in 20 L Sartorius wave bags. Anyone that tells you they know how a cell grows is lying to themselves :)
- applicative 3mo agoThe recent paper in explicitly discusses the matter "The prepared tokoroten was frozen at −20C, then thawed at room temperature. The thawed tokoroten separated into agar and liquid parts naturally,... " https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00318884.2026.2660260 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00318884.2026.26...