Cells were collected from a cheeck swab. And it’s not a real product, it’s an art project.
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roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s unethical because you can’t safely perform muscle biopsies at home, thus it is a violation of the duty of care, and culturing simple squamous epithelium and calling it meat is lying, which is a fundamental ethical violation.
lunarul@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
roguetrick@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah I know. Cheek cells are stratified squamous epithelium.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
But couldn’t you just grow one steak and then take cells from it to grow more?
velvetThunder@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
I think you would get the copy of a copy problem. DNA in cells degrade overtime. I think with lab grown meat this is much worse than normal human aging.
hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Good point, I don’t know much about this sort of thing.