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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHangover-free wine could be in our very near future
http://www.salon.com/2015/03/19/hangover_free_wine_could_be_in_our_very_near_future/In a new study published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, researchers from the University of Illinois outlined their technique for changing the genetics of yeast. The achievement doesnt sound all that exciting until the paper mentions that scientists could use it to make wine that doesnt give you a hangover.
Science and booze? Color me intrigued!
Fermented foodssuch as beer, wine, and breadare made with polyploid strains of yeast, which means they contain multiple copies of genes in the genome, explained lead researcher Yong-Su Jin of the Energy Biosciences Institute in an interview with Phys.org. Until now, its been very difficult to do genetic engineering in polyploid strains because if you altered a gene in one copy of the genome, an unaltered copy would correct the one that had been changed.
With a tool that acts as a sort of genome knife, the researchers are now capable of reducing the elements in wine that causes a hangover (according to Jin, improper malolactic fermentation), or to up the amount of resveratrol, a healthy component already present in the drink.
Science and booze? Color me intrigued!
Fermented foodssuch as beer, wine, and breadare made with polyploid strains of yeast, which means they contain multiple copies of genes in the genome, explained lead researcher Yong-Su Jin of the Energy Biosciences Institute in an interview with Phys.org. Until now, its been very difficult to do genetic engineering in polyploid strains because if you altered a gene in one copy of the genome, an unaltered copy would correct the one that had been changed.
With a tool that acts as a sort of genome knife, the researchers are now capable of reducing the elements in wine that causes a hangover (according to Jin, improper malolactic fermentation), or to up the amount of resveratrol, a healthy component already present in the drink.
I'll drink to that!
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Hangover-free wine could be in our very near future (Original Post)
KamaAina
Mar 2015
OP
stop adding sulfites! They don't in Europe and the wine never gives me a problem.
CTyankee
Mar 2015
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)1. That's like no-fat cheese... n/t
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)2. stop adding sulfites! They don't in Europe and the wine never gives me a problem.
However, I don't drink that much of it either. But I really think the sulfites cause problems...
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)3. Agreed! The sulfites give me the headache.