Lab Grown Hamburger

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07/17/06 - Lab Grown Hamburger

A U.S. scientist has developed a process to grow cow cells into full-size

hamburger overnight but he can't get anyone to invest in the process. Vladimir

Mironov, a biology researcher at the Medical University of South Carolina, said

the process involves taking immature cells that develop into skeletal muscles

from cows -- or pigs, or chickens, or turkeys -- and fusing them to a protein

that, with the help of steroids, grows into big hunks of meat, The Charleston

(S.C.) Post and Courier reported. The newspaper said the process isn't exactly

cloning, but more like cattle farming through chemistry. " In business, who pays

to make a product nobody wants to buy? " Mironov asked. " You show this technology

and say, 'Do you want to try the meat?' and they all say, 'No.' " But Mironov

says the long-term benefits of the technology could outweigh the negative public

perception. He told the newspaper: " It's not Frankenstein meat. It's like

hydroponic tomatoes. "

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