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The first hamburger meat made from synthetic stem cow

Develop a to a in vitro in 3 months 20 thousand cells of beef in a gel medium. Among the lenders Brin, co-founder of Google

Into A hamburger with the cultivation of stem cells derived from cow (Parry / PA Wire)

This opens a new era for power. It has been cooked (and eaten) on Monday in London the first hamburger meat synthetic stem cell cultures derived from cow’s milk. This is the public debut of a project conducted by Mark Post, researcher at the ‘University of Maastricht, the Netherlands, who has been studying the possibility of creating sintocarne by growing stem cells in the laboratory beef. Among the donors there is also Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google. It is not just a “crazy scientist”, but this is an idea whose base is the contribution to solving the world hunger: to provide animal protein to those who can buy them, without affecting breeding.

The first hamburger meat Synthetic

METHANE AND CATTLE – The intensive farming, especially in South America, to produce beef for the industrialized countries has a heavy impact on the environment. It deforest entire forests to obtain grasslands and cattle are responsible for about 37% of global emissions of methane through their manure, and methane released into the atmosphere is a greenhouse gas 70 times more powerful and damaging than carbon dioxide: in fact methane accounts for 18% of global greenhouse effect. So much so that last month FAO has called on the world to begin to feed with protein derived from insects: the most nutritious and environmentally.

London, presented and eaten the meat hamburge synthetic
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SUPPORT ANIMAL – Toggle fried grasshoppers or beetles stew with polenta is not culturally easy. Here then join the meatball synthetic prof. Post, which has found enthusiastic support of environmental groups such as PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), who sees in this project the possibility of eliminating the transport and slaughter of millions of cattle.

SINTOCARNE – The Meatball sintocarne 150 grams that was baked in London was made possible thanks to the stem cells of a cow cultivated in vitro , but synthetic indistinguishable – except for the taste – from the original. Post, starting from the stem of a cow, has developed 20,000 muscle fibers of beef in three months. Each fiber was grown individually in a gel medium. Then they were compacted together to form the burger: meat color was obtained by adding beetroot juice. The beef synthetic, however, does not know almost nothing due to the lack of fat and blood. This is the meatball, as well as beetroot juice, is added a bit ‘of saffron, salt, powdered eggs and bread crumbs.

COST – Who degustrazione tasted in London said that it lacks taste because it has no fat, but it is very similar to the real meat even though there is some difference in the “weaving” of the product. There is only one small problem: when the hamburger costs 220 thousand pounds, about 250 thousand euro. A little ‘pricey. It will take some time before sampling sintocarne in a fast food restaurant.

Paul Virtuani