MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
By Pallab Ghosh, Science correspondent, BBC News, Vancouver, Feb. 19, 2011
Dutch scientists have used stem cells to create strips of muscle tissue with the aim of producing the first lab-grown hamburger later this year. The aim of the research is to develop a more efficient way of producing meat than rearing animals.
At a major science meeting in Canada, Prof Mark Post said synthetic meat could reduce the environmental footprint of meat by up to 60% [....]
Comments
More "Frankenbio" news:
by artappraiser on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 4:32pm
Let's hope it is not carnivorous.
by EmmaZahn on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 11:07pm
Oh... yummy yummy...
I can see it all now, a McFranken Quarter-Pounder with Polymer Cheese.
~OGD~
by oldenGoldenDecoy on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 6:09pm
Ahhh...I thought we already had that.
by cmaukonen on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 8:11pm
by trkingmomoe on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 10:18pm
Not sure why they need to use stem cells to grow meat. Seems like an unnecessary step. Why not just figure out how to transform grass and grain directly into the same kind of protein using microbes, amino acids and enzymes and digestive stages that cows do?
by EmmaZahn on Mon, 02/20/2012 - 11:06pm