Dan Bornstein (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} danfuzz) wrote,@ 2006-06-21 17:14:00 |
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Will the vegans eat it?
Will the vegans eat it? Will this cause there to be a new category of "vatetarian" or something?
Test Tube Meat Nears Dinner Table
Will the vegans eat it? Will this cause there to be a new category of "vatetarian" or something?
Test Tube Meat Nears Dinner Table
"All of the technology exists today to make ground meat products in vitro," says Paul Kosnik, vice president of engineering at Tissue Genesis in Hawaii. Kosnik is growing scaffold-free, self-assembled muscle. "We believe the goal of a processed meat product is attainable in the next five years if funding is available and the R&D is pursued aggressively."Free cheesy dystopian sci-fi plot idea for the taking: In the future, vat-grown human meat gets popular... and then somebody detects human consciousness in the muscle.
