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Academic Paper Says Edible Meat Can be Grown in a Lab on Industrial Scale
gizmag ^ | July 15, 2005 | By Mike Hanlon

Posted on 07/19/2011 6:28:03 PM PDT by Flavius

Experiments for NASA space missions have shown that small amounts of edible meat can be created in a lab. But the technology that could grow chicken nuggets without the chicken, on a large scale, may not be just a science fiction fantasy.

In a recent paper in the Tissue Engineering journal, a team of scientists has proposed two new techniques of tissue engineering that may one day lead to affordable production of in vitro - lab grown - meat for human consumption. It is the first peer-reviewed discussion of the prospects for industrial production of cultured meat.

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To: SIDENET

How does it grill? Is there good marbling?


41 posted on 07/19/2011 7:57:50 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Flavius
Why haven't they come up with a Star Trek replicator? That's what I want.
42 posted on 07/19/2011 8:16:16 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.. VOTE out the RATS!)
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To: cripplecreek

I think I had both types of meat at my colleague dorm’s cafeteria in the 60’s. DNA samples have been tested and they still can’t identify what it was.

Ever seen a hamburger crawl across the floor on its’ own?

I won’t even talk about the moving pudding.


43 posted on 07/19/2011 8:19:57 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Flavius

Wow!
If I had some of that magic potion back in college, I would never have had to throw out the old balogney - it could have made itself into new sandwiches.

Now, how can we make more mustard?


44 posted on 07/19/2011 8:20:41 PM PDT by Noob1999
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To: TribalPrincess2U
Note to self:

Corner market on Industrial Scales before they are all bought out.


45 posted on 07/19/2011 8:23:16 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: Flavius
Proof!

A Lab on Industrial Scale- and he's growing meat.

46 posted on 07/19/2011 8:31:08 PM PDT by mrsmith
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To: Twinkie
You may be sure it’ll be a government grant drain in perpetuity, research that goes on as far as the eye can see into the future.

Well, there are actually some promising areas of research in tissue engineering. Growing replacement organs like ears, for instance, would be well worth a few hundred dollars worth of fetal bovine serum and other expensive components.

I'm just not sure that growing meat in a lab is one of those promising areas. Too expensive. Too disgusting. I say that last as a life scientist who spends lots of time in the lab.

47 posted on 07/19/2011 9:03:06 PM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: Noob1999

One time in the Army they gave us what I think was steak. It was quite “chewy.” If you cut it into small pieces (with some major effort), you could swallow it without having to chew it.

As a test, I cut off a normal sized piece and planned to chew it until it broke up. I gave up after 30 minutes due to jaw fatigue. Those cheering me on were disappointed. I offered it to them to keep the experiment going, but they declined.

I am pretty sure I would prefer this cultured stuff to that Army “steak.”


48 posted on 07/19/2011 9:17:11 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Flavius

Uhm, how the hell are we going to keep the planet warm without flatulating cows? Has anyone thought of the long term global cooling side-effects of this technology?


49 posted on 07/19/2011 9:26:17 PM PDT by douginthearmy
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To: Flavius

Yes, but going to Soylent Green is more of a win, win, no need to do all that growing, and you can use the hospital basement. And it solves the housing problem for all those druggies and fat people.


50 posted on 07/19/2011 9:47:01 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: Flavius
Yes, but going to Soylent Green is more of a win, win, no need to do all that growing, and you can use the hospital basement. And it solves the housing problem for all those druggies and fat people.
51 posted on 07/19/2011 9:47:32 PM PDT by org.whodat
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To: TribalPrincess2U

COMD. RIKER: We no longer enslave animals for food.


52 posted on 07/19/2011 10:32:23 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Svartalfiar
Yea, except all that 'undesirable' stuff usually turns out to be good for you a few years down the road. We don't understand our body chemistry well enough to say that certain substances aren't needed for proper function. Also, think of the taste! Why would you kill that?

I agree with you. Science doesn't know everything. IMHO, whenever man starts to tinker with things, some things seem to improve and new problems arise.

With said, I still want to see if they can pull it off. :-)

53 posted on 07/19/2011 10:54:09 PM PDT by Marie (I agree with everything that Rick Perry is saying. I just wish that *he* did. (NO to Bush II))
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To: Pilsner

Little Fuzzy BTTT!

;o)


54 posted on 07/20/2011 2:11:09 AM PDT by Hetty_Fauxvert ("And I'm actually happy to be, for us to be the moat with alligators party." -- Mark Steyn)
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To: goodwithagun

Mostly cholesterol and other fats. Why do you ask)


55 posted on 07/20/2011 2:20:29 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot)
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To: Svartalfiar

The liver makes all the cholesterol I need and it’s pretty well established science that omega 3’s are good for you. I think the chemistry could be tuned up a bit more favorably for us without loss of taste.


56 posted on 07/20/2011 2:24:19 AM PDT by muir_redwoods (Somewhere in Kenya, a village is missing an idiot)
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To: SkyDancer
So what are they (the farmers) going to do?

What? Those great unwashed masses of bitter clingers in flyover country who actually grow food from dirt, and raise creatures that eat grass and make poo and all that other icky stuff? >>shudder<<

Hush, child, and eat your sterile labmeat stuff.

Your mother worked at least Five minutes to make this meal.

Quit whining.

There are starving children somewhere who would be happy to have it...

(/s of course...)

Beef flavor 'space food sticks'...gonna be tough to sell without the space program.

57 posted on 07/20/2011 3:16:45 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe
"Beef flavor 'space food sticks'.

Pepperoni sticks?? Like from 7-11? Wonder if ya can chop 'em up and make stews.

58 posted on 07/20/2011 7:27:30 AM PDT by SkyDancer (You know, they invented wheelbarrows to teach government employees how to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: SkyDancer
Nope, not Slim Jims nor pepperoni, but these :Space Food Sticks

Most of the kids I knew ate them because astronauts were our heroes (think Mercury, Gemini)...and they might not have been as much of a commercial success had the tie-in not existed.

59 posted on 07/20/2011 1:17:50 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: Smokin' Joe

I drank TANG ... wasn’t that an astronaut drink?


60 posted on 07/20/2011 4:06:04 PM PDT by SkyDancer (You know, they invented wheelbarrows to teach government employees how to walk on their hind legs.)
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