Lab-grown hamburger

mysticweed

for $330,000

bovine stem cells turned into bits of lab-grown animal fat
to make a golf ball sized meat lump


http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 ... for-330000

The quest to grow meat in a lab rather than on an animal is due to reach its climax this fall, with the first-ever culture-dish hamburger served to a celebrity taster after a $330,000 development effort.
Mark Post, a physiologist at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, said the project is being funded by an anonymous investor who is interested in "life-transforming technologies" and believes lab-grown meat could revolutionize the food industry.

The patty will be much like a regular quarter-pounder — but with one big difference: This one will be created by growing bovine stem cells in a vat, transforming them into thousands of thin layers of beef muscle cells, mincing them into tiny pieces, then combining the bits with lab-grown animal fat to form a lump of meat the size of a golf ball.[/size

faithfullale

Wonder if that private investor is McDonald's? I love hamburgers especially a five guys burger but it does not sound appealing. Might have to learn to eat more fish. Interesting story though.

DS1119

I'm in. Where's the ketchup?

he.who.forgets

DS1119 wrote:

I'm in. Where's the ketchup?

pandora

wow

would this mean all the cattle would be free to live happy long lives
and the chickens too
and fish and pigs

and most especially the lambs

mysticweed

i just get the heebeejeebees from the words

meat lump
bits of lab-grown animal fat
and
bovine stem cells