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Test-Tube Meat May Be En Route to Dinner TablePosted on Jul 6, 2006
Dutch scientists are working on growing artificial pork out of pig stem cells. Efforts to mass-produce it are underway.
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By Alex, November 30, 2007 at 1:51 pm Link to this comment
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The future is now, you can’t just put your head in the sand hope this technology goes away. There was a fear in the early 20th century that if a human goes beyond 60mph that it would adversely affect their health. Do you believe this to be the case now? I believe this technology is how the human species will be able to survive and sustain population in the 30 Billion range.
Report thisBy Frankster, July 7, 2006 at 2:03 pm Link to this comment
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OMG, WTF. I am an unrepentant carnivore, but the thought of eating ‘cultured meat’ makes my stomach turn. I would go vegan before eating this frankenmeat.
Report thisBy Farakon, July 7, 2006 at 9:33 am Link to this comment
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Well good. You guys can eat the vat grown mystery meat and I’ll go right on ahead eating real food. I dont have any idea where this idea is coming from that we are running out of food. There is loads of food. We pay farmers not to grow food in this country.
You can brew all the vat meat you want but the poor of the world will still not be able to afford it. Its economic injustice we are up against. Not a food shortage.
http://faculty.plattsburgh.edu/richard.robbins/legacy/hunger_readings.htm
Report thisBy Msa, July 7, 2006 at 8:18 am Link to this comment
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Once again, science fiction becomes reality. “Attack of the Clones” is not far off.
Report thisBy Brandon, July 6, 2006 at 7:23 pm Link to this comment
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Your claim is absurd: “This use of stem cells may have the unintended effect of uniting militant vegans and evangelical right-to-lifeers.” Right to lifers care about *human* stem cells from embryos and are otherwise okay with stem cell research. Vegans might be a little offended, as taking a pig’s stem cells is animal exploitation, but the resulting product would be far superior to them than killing millions of animals for meat.
You guys seem really intelligent, but that was one hell of stretch.
Also, when the product comes out, assuming the stuff is safe, I’ll go out of my way for it. I try not to think of dead animals when I eat meat now; why would it be so difficult to force out of my head thoughts of an emotionless, unthinking, inanimate petri dishes?
Report thisBy paperorplastic, July 6, 2006 at 6:46 pm Link to this comment
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Ever eaten an MRE? This can’t be any worse than they are. Cloned pork - the other cloned white meat.
Report thisBy Patrick, July 6, 2006 at 5:40 pm Link to this comment
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Well, look at it this way. What’s more disgusting, muscle tissue grown in clean controlled conditions that is both edible and nutritious, or muscle tissue that was next to organs and skin and the digestive tract? I would think a petri dish is a bit cleaner then a cow’s insides..
Report thisBy Ezra Logo, July 6, 2006 at 3:45 pm Link to this comment
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With the population of this planet increasing rapidly, we need to find more sources of protein. The fish stocks are being depleted. It takes 9 gallons of water for every pound of beef that is grown. Bird flu is decimating populations of chickens. So what’s wrong with this method. If produced on a large scale, It would mean less slaughtering of animals (which would please the animal activists), More protein could be produce on less land. Perhaps they would grow tenderloins pre-marinaded.
Report thisBy Farakon, July 6, 2006 at 12:54 pm Link to this comment
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That is about the nastiest thing Ive ever heard of. I will never, ever, consume this product. Not that I think it will be unhealthy its just yuck.
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