Simpsons did it
But for real, I am super interested in the concept of cultivated meat. I’m no vegan, but if less animals need to be mistreated and murdered for my steak, I’m not going to complain.
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I mean I think in this case Norse mythology beat the Simpsons to this at least a few centuries before with Heidrun
The idea that a company can grow meat by just adding a few carbs and vitamins to a flask of cells is ridiculous. These synthetic meats are all fed fetal bovine serum. Fetal bovine serum (FBS) is made by drawing blood from bovine fetuses via cardiac puncture at government-approved slaughterhouses. The collected blood is allowed to clot, then centrifuged to separate the serum from the red blood cells. The raw serum is then frozen and undergoes further processing, including sterile filtration, to become suitable for use in cell culture.
Any steak made this way would have to cost thousands of dollars.
The idea that a company can grow meat by just adding a few carbs and vitamins to a flask of cells is ridiculous.
Right now it is. The attention these projects are getting is intended to pique the interest of people who can help fund research into making the process more efficient and affordable.
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If you can make ethical bacon, you can also make ethical long bacon
I've been waiting for this for years. I can't wait to eat the first celebrity that donates some cells for a tie-in promo with Taco Bell. That shit is going to be so mid and our nightmare cyberpunk future is incomplete without it. XD
I would definitely donate some of my fat to taste myself
Possibly even more ethical since humans are capable of consenting
Jeffrey Dahmer is interested
One day they’ll breed an animal that makes it clear it wants to be eaten.
the Cow was the Dish of the Day at Milliways, which arrived when Zaphod Beeblebrox (accompanied by Arthur, Ford, and Trillian) requested to 'meet the meat'. It was described as a large dairy animal, a "large fat meaty quadruped of the bovine type." It was said to have large watery eyes, as well as small horns and what might have been an ingratiating smile on its lips. The creature seems peaceful and at ease, and at one point is described to have "mooed."
The creature offers Zaphod and his party his shoulder, braised in a white wine sauce, then goes on to offer other parts of its body, having worked hard to fatten itself up through force-feeding itself for months. Eventually, after Arthur and Trillian have expressed their shock and Ford has expressed his disinterest, Zaphod requests four rare steaks and the Dish of the Day goes off to shoot himself, telling Arthur not to worry, as he says "I'll be very humane."[1]
Indeed what I was referencing.
Okja kind of has similar themes about a fictional animal bred for food.
So a show like that. Pig was basically wolverine and was prideful it was going to save humanity through its suffering. However, its meat was disgusting so no one wanted to eat turning the poor thing evil cursing humanity for rejecting his salvation.
One of the more emotional roller coasters experiences I seen for villian 🤣.
Kinda... creepy. Just the way this article is presented, I mean.
It almost sounds like "Now we can finally eat Max the dog and know exactly what he tastes like without really eating him! Isn't that right Max?" lol
But if this is just a weird way of saying "we have synthetic pork now" then kudos I guess
Give me celebrity human flesh. I want to know what steve Buschemi tastes of
Give me Musk and Bezos so I know what to expect when the revolution comes.
I expect they both taste like asshole
Seems like half-assed lab grown meat. I'll wait till they figure out the real deal.
I can't tell from the article or Mission Barn's page whether they need a new sample for every batch, or just needed one sample to seed their bioreactors. I'm not sure (as someone who avoids meat for ethical and environmental reasons) if there's a big difference.
I'm actually happy with Beyond burgers/sausages when I do want meat taste, but nice to have more options. (Mozzarella and Parmesan are what I'd look for next, though Rebel Cheese is doing a good job with some more cheese-platter varieties.)
It may not be an every batch thing but you would need more samples at least eventually. Cells have division limits. While these are somewhat bypassed in these types of setups you do run into issues for longer term.
I'm just gonna stick to beans
Uh, no.
They did not grow meat by adding carbs and vitamins, they grew the the pork tissue by feeding it fetal serum from a pig or cow.
The amount of utter bullshit around synthetic meat is just marketing to ignorant hippies.
You have a source for the bullshit you're spouting?
I run a biomedical lab that does all kinds of tissue culture from cell lines to stem cells. Nothing grows without fetal serum, it's not like growing plants hydroponically. There are countless bullshit techs claiming to have a serum-free medium, it's all a con. There are countless soluble factors required to get cells to divide. Research labs spend $300 a litre for FBS, if there was a subsitute that actually worked it would save biomedical reasearch millions and any company would get rich. Can't grow cells on bullshit.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666765722001508
I can throw random science articles too.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222020958
No! Not animals not dying!
Dear God no!!