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posted by mrpg on Thursday June 29 2017, @05:44AM   Printer-friendly
from the protein-is-good dept.

One of the challenges to aquaculture is that reproduction, as an energy intensive endeavor, makes fish grow more slowly. To solve this problem, Prof. Berta Levavi-Sivan at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem identified tiny molecules named Neurokinin B (NKB) and Neurokinin F (NKF) that are secreted by the brains of fish and play a crucial role in their reproduction. Prof. Levavi-Sivan, a specialist in aquaculture at the Hebrew University's Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, then developed molecules that neutralize the effect of NKB and NKF. The molecules inhibited fish reproduction and consequently led to increased growth rates.

These inhibitors can now be included in fish feed to ensure better growth rates. For example, young tilapia fed the inhibitors in their food supply for two months gained 25% more weight versus fish that did not receive the supplement. So far, NKB has been found in 20 different species of fish, indicating that this discovery could be effective in a wide variety of species.

Piscine growth hormone.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 29 2017, @11:16AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 29 2017, @11:16AM (#532905)

    more cheap food = more sex slaves = good

  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday June 30 2017, @12:47AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday June 30 2017, @12:47AM (#533197) Homepage

    Even though Israel has a lot of sex-slave trafficking, you have to go back to first-principles and think about it as an investment -- more for less. The Jews' long history of usury makes them ideal to discover and implement such efficiencies.

    That's really what Hitler had to prove -- he was envious of the Jews' efficiency, and was determined to ensure that Gentiles could be more efficient. He was correct, for a time, until Israel got their revenge by criminalizing hate speech against barbaric savages, then flooding Germany with those same barbaric savages.