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Sadly, humans don't have chloroplasts.
unironically it's pretty strange that i've never even heard of people trying to rectify this, surely someone has tried plonking some choloplasts in a skin cell culture and seeing how it goes?
Funding is probably the issue.
you don't need any funding beyond standard lab equipment to do this, from what i know it'd be a pretty standard setup
it's just strange i've not heard about it, like someone must have done it and i should have learnt about it via cultural osmosis
Gene editing is kinda controversial in the US though. Lots of regulatory hoops you would have to jump through to avoid becoming a criminal.
Edit: unless you grease the right palms.
Funding is probably the issue.
[Reference] You will feel ashamed of your words and deeds.
I really wish we could photosynthesize. I hate having to poop.
It takes so much time out of the day. It's boring.
Eh, it can work with artificial light. I'll just convert my gaming room to a grow house.
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Yeah, it's such a shit time.