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 Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 10:31 am
Please read this short article and let me know what you think...
Lab Grown Meat
Ok, so many of us choose not to eat meat because we disagree with the slaughter of so many animals. This isn't new but scientists have found ways of growing meat in a lab.
"With a single cell, you could theoretically produce the world's annual meat supply. And you could do it in a way that's better for the environment and human health"
If this is the case, I personally, would support this. I think the meat wouldn't have the toxins and the parasites that meat from an animal would have. There wouldn't be a need for slaughtering animals just because someone wants to get their protein from a hamburger. What do you think of this? Do you think lab grown meat would really be that healthy? Better for people who eat meat and better for the environment?
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:00 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 1:33 pm
Cooool.
But then we'd have problems with over-population because of the artificially inflated numbers of cattle, pigs, chickens, etc. :3
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 2:20 pm
I wouldn't eat it .... I find the idea of meat-tasting stuff iccy...bleah...yuk! talk2hand but that's just me...
But I wouldn't have a problem with other people eating it... and it would be fantastic if animal farming was reduced as a result! biggrin
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:43 pm
I would probably try it, but I don't know that I would eat it often. I really just don't have an appetite for animal parts anymore. xd
If the meat industry took a real hit by something like this, they would be forced to drastically reduce the number of animals they bred for meat production - because if the supply was too high when the demand was low, they'd end up making their own products outrageously cheap.
Of course, it's not like livestock raised for meat would go extinct. A lot of people actually keep farm animals for showing or as pets.
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 5:49 pm
I'd be curious about how they grow the meat. What would they use to trigger the cell division? Chemicals? Some sort of...waves?
Secondly, it would only reduce the world's demand for meat if it were extremely, extremely cheap to make. There is currently enough food in existance to feed everyone. But thousands die every single day from starvation. I doubt that a new, radical experiment is going to be a feasible solution for many, many years.
And not everyone, dare I say most people, do not have a problem with eating meat. Many people are concerned with the quality, though, if not the actual animals, so it might be an alternative for them.
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 9:32 pm
I wouldn't eat it because flesh is flesh and I think thats gross. I'd imagine it'd be a hideously expensive process, and thus too expensive to sell mainstream.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:19 am
Nicky McCloud Cooool. But then we'd have problems with over-population because of the artificially inflated numbers of cattle, pigs, chickens, etc. :3 Humans almost completely control their population numbers. This wouldn't be a problem. I don't think I'd eat genetically 'grown' meat. It just seems.... creepy.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:52 am
I wouldn't eat it.
I don't like the tastes of meat.
I don't even like veggie meat.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:34 pm
sounds... interesting. But, the article wasn't very specific. Would the animal still be killed?
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:01 pm
Anybody stop to think by playing god by making our own meat from cells could lead to some type of mutant coming out of the mix. That the meat might start talking and walking around the place? Or that it could do worse harm than what meat already does?
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:16 pm
ladydarkmoonstrom Anybody stop to think by playing god by making our own meat from cells could lead to some type of mutant coming out of the mix. That the meat might start talking and walking around the place? Or that it could do worse harm than what meat already does? I don't see advances in science as "playing God". I like the taste of meat. I just don't eat it. They're trying to come up with an alternative. And I doubt that mutations are much of a problem. If a scientist noticed something like a brain developing, I doubt they'd still use the experiment for ground beef.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 7:12 pm
Hm. I wonder how they'd keep the animals they took the cells from? And where would the dairy products come from? Would we still factory-farm animals for those?
I doubt I'd eat it. I'm so used to not eating meat by now. It grosses me out. Besides, I'd still question myself for eating it, if I did.
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:00 pm
The process just doesn't seem right.
It seems too unorganic.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:11 pm
Quote: Anybody stop to think by playing god by making our own meat from cells could lead to some type of mutant coming out of the mix. That the meat might start talking and walking around the place? Or that it could do worse harm than what meat already does? As far as I know they are not trying to create a whole animal just its parts. They are taking the already specialized muscle cells and getting them to divide. They have already done this with organs. How do they get the cells in the first place? Would it kill the animal that they took the original cells from? I don't think so but I am not a scientist working on it. I would say if they are taking biopsies from living humans without killing them, they are also doing the same for the animals. Quote: I'd be curious about how they grow the meat. What would they use to trigger the cell division? Chemicals? Some sort of...waves? From what I have read, they are using a solution of water and glucose. They have also tried a solution from a certain type of nutritious mushroom and that has worked. I have not read anything in the articles that they have put anything inorganic in the growing meat or its solution  Here are some other resources on the meat and organ growing: MSN Organ ArticleBBC Organ ArticleNew Harvest Web siteNew Harvest Research Article
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