How to get the meat and the skin without killing animals
Tips / / December 19, 2019
The world population is growing, and in 10 years we will need a lot more meat and animal products than it is now. But livestock - a huge cost of drinking water, soil pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and many other not so pleasant issues. Therefore, to grow animals in such a way and in such quantities will soon become not very profitable.
Is there a way out? It offers Andras Forgaks, tissue engineer, founded the company, which is engaged in biofabrikatsiey - growing parts of the body. It turns out scientists have long growing parts of the body (ears, skin, blood vessels, bones), which are then implanted into the patient quite well. So why not do the same with meat and skin?
In this case, you will not be limited to the size of a cow, you can immediately set the necessary parameters, such as leather seats or bag. It will be perfectly smooth skin without damage. You can even set a specific pattern. You program the cells taken from happy cows, which will continue to continue to graze in the meadow, and get the product to the corresponding characteristics.
This is the perfect embodiment of the saying, "And the wolves are fed and the sheep intact";)