Extracting DNA from strawberries and eating it

This video is a bit different and more on the biochemistry side. During my Biochemistry degree, this was one prep that always amazed me.

I'll be extracting DNA from strawberries and then giving it a taste to see what it's like. Because I plan to eat it, I only use chemicals that are "food safe".

On a side note, it feels like I have been neglecting synthesis, so the next few videos are going to just synth projects only!

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[NileRed]

I forgot to mention in the video why the DNA precipitates. The DNA is not soluble in isopropanol, but it is soluble in water. The isopropanol is miscible with water, so as more is added, the solubility of DNA decreases. If enough is added, the DNA will fall out of solution.

[puzzled-head]

This dude has the intentions of a three-year-old and the ability of a scientist

[mistagaming]

“what did you eat for breakfast?”

*“genetic information for a strawberry”*

[cyber]

Imagine giving this dude strawberries but he says “sorry I only eat the DNA”

[Klovr_]

Nile is the only way I can sit for 20 minutes and watch science

[gamecrab]

As soon as he said “I would like to know how it tastes like”
I got an ad where a woman was holding a box and just said “it definitely doesn’t taste like a vegetable” and it echoed

[TheSeanoops]

You deconstructed them on a cellular level, reduced them to nothing but goo and devoured their essence; brutal.

[dallasdull]

- Can access obscure, expensive, and potentially harmful chemicals
- Can't find plain dish soap

[voyageridk_]

next up: i became a strawberry in real life

[disorderlyghost]

"what did you do on the weekend?"

*I ate dna*

[hadargidron]

You did what every single person in my chemistry class has ever wanted to do: taste the experiment

[firstname_lastname]

“This is a lot of information to digest”

[lengewenethegreenman]

I too love consuming the genetic code of the strawberry

[pbjwizard]

in exactly 150 seconds, nilered has taught everything i learned over the course of a 4-week biology unit. get this man a teaching license

[willsee]

"DNA tastes salty, slimy, and gross"

You learn something new everyday, but I swear I heard that before

[BTM]

That's why I prefer to eat strawberry DNA while it's still inside the cells

[evrind]

Science is so fun when your not forced to do it

[HiroJJ]

I love how he's wearing gloves when handling strawberries but uses none when handling burning chemicals

[rottyy]

Next day: guys.... i have turned into a strawberry

[Mantulisme]

Mom : Where are the strawberries that i bought yesterday?
Me : Gone. Reduce to atoms.