Food: A taste of things to come?
Researchers are sure that they can put lab-grown meat on the menu — if they can just get cultured muscle cells to bulk up.
[Mark] Post, who works at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, is at the leading edge of efforts to make in vitro meat by growing animal muscle cells in a dish. His ultimate goal is to help rid the world of the wasteful production of farm animals for food by helping to develop life-like steaks. In the near term, he hopes to make a single palatable sausage of ground pork, showcased next to the living pig that donated its starter cells — if he can secure funds for his research.
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Que tal? Produção
in vitro de carne pode ser mais eficiente que alimentação vegan. E bem mais gostosa.
Tópico: Bacon in vitro (Lida 634 vezes)