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The world’s first test tube hamburger will be served up this October after scientists perfected the art of growing beef in the lab.
By Nick Collins
By generating strips of meat from stem cells researchers believe they can create a product that is identical to a real burger.
The process of culturing the artificial meat in the lab is so laborious that the finished product, expected to arrive in eight months’ time, will cost about £220,000 (EUR250,000).
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[Note from CAF: Put stem cell synthesized food on the market and all of a sudden controversy about GMO’s fade into the background. Ellis Medavoy would be proud.]
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