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magprob · Jul 16, 2006, 09:20 PM

Oh yummy! I just can't wait for my first Slab-O-Burger!

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.ph...3-090855-1046r

Scientist seeks burger investors
CHARLESTON, S.C. July 13 (UPI) -- 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.

The scientific procedure has been published in tissue-engineering journals, but Mironov says he can't find any financial backers, Post and Courier says.

"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."

Stormy69 · Jul 16, 2006, 09:29 PM

( Insert vomiting icon here) BLECH! :P The thought of this makes Spam look like fillet mignon

J_9 · Jul 17, 2006, 06:18 AM

Going to need a lot of hot sauce for those burgers!!

Cassie · Jul 17, 2006, 06:34 AM

With the amount of steroids they are using to make a burger overnight, when you eat one will you double overnight? :)
Scareyyyyyy the health issues that could come from eating foods made in that way.

magprob · Jul 17, 2006, 08:00 AM

LOL! Gime me Spam!

magprob · Jul 17, 2006, 08:01 AM

No amount of hot sauce will change that!

magprob · Jul 17, 2006, 08:02 AM

Got to spread it Cassie but that is an interesting point worth much consideration prior to the first bite!

wizzkid89 · Jul 17, 2006, 08:22 PM

I agree it sounds gross, but I mean a lot of people eat at fast foods joints and to be honest their meat rivals that of this guys...

magprob · Jul 17, 2006, 08:30 PM

Had to spread it around whizz but I think I would rather eat a muddie or two before one of these "things."!

wizzkid89 · Jul 18, 2006, 02:20 AM

A muddie maybe, but I personally have loved roast reptoid with a touch of e.t.

StuMegu · Jul 18, 2006, 04:28 AM

If this is really possible and cost effective, it's just a matter of time! I wonder, would vegies eat this?

aqua@home · Jul 18, 2006, 08:48 AM

EEEEEWWWWWWWW!! Yuck! Yuck! Yuck! That sounds disgusting!

Unfortunately I am sure he will find an investor. I am definitely leaning towards more organic food. Hopefully that's safe.

Cassie · Jul 18, 2006, 10:58 AM

This would certainly not be a more organic food. Using steroids is harmful and has many side effects, one being cancer. I don't think vegan's would eat it, because it is still coming from a cell of an animal. The thought of it really bothers me. I have often wondered about the feeding of steroids to the animals we eat now and the harm it does.

Cgirl · Jul 18, 2006, 01:14 PM

Gross. That's all I can say. Gross.

Cgirl · Jul 18, 2006, 02:00 PM

Whiz-kid... what in the heck are muddies, by the way... not to change the subject :)

J_9 · Jul 18, 2006, 02:33 PM

What about preservatives that are currently in our food? Is no one worried about that?

Does anyone know what "partially hydrogenated" or "enriched" actually mean?