Corner market on Industrial Scales before they are all bought out.
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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How does it grill? Is there good marbling?
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.
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?
Corner market on Industrial Scales before they are all bought out.
A Lab on Industrial Scale- and he's growing meat.
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.
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.”
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?
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.
COMD. RIKER: We no longer enslave animals for food.
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. :-)
Little Fuzzy BTTT!
;o)
Mostly cholesterol and other fats. Why do you ask)
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.
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.
Pepperoni sticks?? Like from 7-11? Wonder if ya can chop 'em up and make stews.
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.
I drank TANG ... wasn’t that an astronaut drink?
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