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Originally Posted by sweetpea
although, as the lab noted in the report, many pounds of meat can be grown from only ONE cell . . . we could end hunger potentially?
thanks,
Sweetpea
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To grow an endless supply of food from one cell is the equivalent of inventing the perpetual motion machine. It simply isn't possible to create something from nothing.
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The first method is described as a "scaffold-based" technique that involves layering sheets of engineered tissue to replicate various types of processed meat products.
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What is the engineered tissue they are using?
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The second, more complex method involves culturing progenitor (parent) cells on small beads in a nutrient-rich medium.
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What is this nutrient rich medium?
The answer appears to be
collagen.
As collagen only occurs in animals and there is no synthetic alternative, mass consumption of lab-meat would require a large number of collagen rich cows to satisfy demand.