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In Vitro Meat (AAAACCCCKKK!!!)
The New York Times Magazine ^ | 12/11/05 | Raizel Robin

Posted on 12/11/2005 1:02:52 PM PST by paulat

In Vitro Meat

By RAIZEL ROBIN
Published: December 11, 2005

In July, scientists at the University of Maryland announced the development of bioengineering techniques that could be used to mass-produce a new food for public consumption: meat that is grown in incubators.

The process works by taking stem cells from a biopsy of a live animal (or a piece of flesh from a slaughtered animal) and putting them in a three-dimensional growth medium - a sort of scaffolding made of proteins.

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Scientists at NASA and at several Dutch universities have been developing the technology since 2001, and in a few years' time there may be a lab-grown meat ready to market as sausages or patties. In 20 years, the scientists predict, they may be able to grow a whole beef or pork loin. A tissue engineer at the Medical University of South Carolina has even proposed a countertop device similar to a bread maker that would produce meat overnight in your kitchen.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: invitromeat; meat; meatisgood; moremeatisbetter; newvegetarian; sausages; yum; yummy
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To: Vinnie
I want the Ron Popiel Ribeye Maker.

They could make it look like a little plastic cow. It can moo when a steak is ready and you open up a door on the side, rip out a strip of beef, and toss it on the grill. Yummy!

41 posted on 12/11/2005 2:54:51 PM PST by rockprof
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To: paulat
I grabbed two Syntho-Steaks out of the freezer and slapped them in quickthaw, added a big Idaho baked potato for Dad and a smaller one for me, then dug out a package of salad and let it warm naturally.

From "Farmer In The Sky" by Robert A. Heinlein. Copywrite 1950.

42 posted on 12/11/2005 2:56:26 PM PST by saminfl
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To: paulat

That ruins my appetite.


43 posted on 12/11/2005 2:56:28 PM PST by tob2 (Old Fossil and Proud of It!)
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To: manwiththehands

Yes, like those tasty tomatoes and apples that are stocked in all the stores. (/sarcasm)


44 posted on 12/11/2005 3:00:09 PM PST by listenhillary ("Mainstream media" is creating it's own reality~everything sucks)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
"SOYLENT GREEN IS PETRI!"

It is?

Heh heh... close enough for jazz.

45 posted on 12/11/2005 3:08:34 PM PST by ItsForTheChildren
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To: Eaker
A tissue engineer at the Medical University of South Carolina has even proposed a countertop device similar to a bread maker that would produce meat overnight in your kitchen.

Perpetual appetizer machine ping!

Personally I kinda like to shoot it, but growing it while I'm at work might be OK too!

46 posted on 12/11/2005 3:12:48 PM PST by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: saminfl

What a great Heinlein quote!!! (in #42)


47 posted on 12/11/2005 4:34:20 PM PST by paulat
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To: paulat

"Growing" a perfect steak without having to hack it off a steer carcase? I think this idea has merit. I'll wait and see how the idea works (and tastes) before condemning it.


48 posted on 12/11/2005 4:37:33 PM PST by JCEccles
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To: paulat

I have read that book so many times I have almost memorized it. As soon as I saw the article, I thought of Heinlein.


49 posted on 12/11/2005 4:50:15 PM PST by saminfl
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To: paulat

I won't be impressed until they can grow a turducken.


50 posted on 12/11/2005 4:55:50 PM PST by uglybiker (nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh BAT MAN!!)
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To: LegendHasIt

does it taste like chicken?


51 posted on 12/11/2005 4:56:43 PM PST by pointsal
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To: uglybiker
I won't be impressed until they can grow a turducken.

I've seen a pic of one of those...it just ain't right.

How could you ever make sure the interior was fully cooked without over-cooking the interior?

52 posted on 12/11/2005 5:03:54 PM PST by paulat
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To: uglybiker
Sorry...

How could you ever make sure the interior was fully cooked without over-cooking the exterior?

53 posted on 12/11/2005 5:38:29 PM PST by paulat
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To: paulat
But its acceleration would be constant

Misconception. Continuous does not equate with constant.

The density of the radiation/particles producing the propulsion attenuates with distance from the source. Good old inverse square law at work.

The farther from the source (Sol, sun) the less radiation per sq meter of sail, so the lower the force impinging on the sail.

Therefor, the acceleration RATE is continuously decreasing with increasing orbital radius, even as acceleration remain continuous, and velocity continuously increases.

This translates to "the acceleration would be continuous", not "constant".

54 posted on 12/11/2005 5:42:35 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Honeybun...methinks you are posting to the wrong thread...unless you're 'splainin' somethin' to us about mystery meat....


55 posted on 12/11/2005 5:44:34 PM PST by paulat
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To: paulat

meat is meat. If we can have filet mignon (engineered without the cholesterol) at half the cost and very tender too because it never had to work as a muscle, I'm all for it. I suspect the steers are too.


56 posted on 12/11/2005 5:47:53 PM PST by muir_redwoods (Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
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To: humblegunner
Perpetual appetizer machine ping!

Why do I have visions of endless containers of "Amish Frienship Bread" starter piling up in the fridge?

Amish Friendship Bread is a great bread for the holidays. When you've made your bread, you can give your friends a sample and the starter that made it! Then your friends can make their own and pass it along to their friends. This is why the bread is called "friendship bread"....

Amish Friendship Bread

57 posted on 12/11/2005 5:51:58 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: ApplegateRanch
When you've made your bread, you can give your friends a sample and the starter that made it!

I can't pin down exactly why, but that's kind of disgusting.

58 posted on 12/11/2005 5:55:57 PM PST by humblegunner (If you're gonna die, die with your boots on.)
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To: All
Is it just me, or does this remind anyone else of the replicators from Star Trek?
59 posted on 12/11/2005 5:56:02 PM PST by The Grammarian
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To: paulat
methinks you are posting to the wrong thread...unless you're 'splainin' somethin' to us about mystery meat....

It is a reply to post #24, 'solar sailing', and why, even with the mystery meat you would still starve to death on the trip, if using their assumption of "constant acceleration".

60 posted on 12/11/2005 5:59:34 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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