• aarRJaay@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    22 days ago

    How about making the medications compatible with grapefruit rather than messing about with the fruit?

    • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      22 days ago

      Grapefruits are already man-made hybrids of others fruits. Hybridizing fruit is way less complex and way more safe than tweaking medication and trying to get it approved.

      • angrystego@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        18 days ago

        They’re hybrids, surprisingly though, they’re not man-made, or not directly. People introduced oranges and pomelos to Barbados. But the plants then crossbread of their own will in the wild, creating grapefruits :)

        I do agree it’s easier to tweak the fruit.

    • spongebue@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      22 days ago

      It’s a grapefruit x mandarin hybrid. We’ve been cross-breeding species for, well, ever. Some foods you’re familiar with may be hybrids and you don’t even realize it