FIRST TEST TUBE GROWN BEEF TO BE SERVED AT LONDON RESTAURANT

Don't gag.  What's in your "normal" hamburger is not a lot better than this.  See links for other articles on beef below.

 

The world’s first test-tube burger will be served in London next week. It is made from meat grown in a laboratory, rather than cattle raised in pastures.  And its developers hope it will show how the soaring global demand for protein can be met without the need for vast herds of cattle.

 

The 5oz ‘Frankenburger’, which cost £250,000 to produce, is made from 3,000 tiny strips of meat grown from the stem cells of a cow.  The raw meat is said to be grey with a slippery texture similar to squid or scallop.  A four-step technique is used to turn stem cells from animal flesh into a burger.

 

How Frankenburger is made:

 

First, the stem cells are stripped from the cow’s muscle.

 

Next, they are incubated in a nutrient broth until they multiply many times over, creating a sticky tissue with the consistency of an undercooked egg.

 

This ‘wasted muscle’ is then bulked up through the laboratory equivalent of exercise - it is anchored to Velcro and stretched.

 

Read more and see pictures - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2380308/250-000-hamburger-First-test-tube-grown-beef-served-London-restaurant-week.html



UPDATE!

THEY TASTED IT

AND NOW THE REVIEWS:

Read reviews here:  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2384715/At-tastes-meat--Worlds-test-tube-artificial-beef-Googleburger-gets-GOOD-review-eaten-time.html

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