Post by M. Hawbaker on Dec 8, 2020 1:29:28 GMT
Scientists create 'grow-your-own' steak kit using HUMAN cells and blood - but insist it is not 'technically' cannibalism
The makers of a 'DIY meal kit' for growing steaks cultured from human cell samples have offered the reassurance that the concept is not 'technically' cannibalism.
Ouroboros Steaks — named for and resembling the icon of a snake eating itself — were nominated for the London Design Museum's 2020 'Designs of the Year Award'.
Ouroboros Steaks — named for and resembling the icon of a snake eating itself — were nominated for the London Design Museum's 2020 'Designs of the Year Award'.
While one could culture meat from cells taken by a self-administered cheek swab, the team instead used research cells from the American Tissue Culture Collection.
The cells were grown on a fungus scaffold in warm conditions for three months by feeding them with human serum sourced from expired, discarded blood donations.
The resulting product — bite-sized human steaks — have been preserved in resin and put on display in both the Design Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The cells were grown on a fungus scaffold in warm conditions for three months by feeding them with human serum sourced from expired, discarded blood donations.
The resulting product — bite-sized human steaks — have been preserved in resin and put on display in both the Design Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The Ouroboros Steaks the researchers produced were made entirely from human products — and therefore involved no harm to animals.
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, but I persevered for the sake of science and religion! 
