Bacon engineered in a lab from Pork stem cells

doorki

Science has finally produced something worthwhile!

http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/scientists-grow-bacon-from-stem-cells


My question now, is if this becomes a viable source of meat, will vegans and vegetarians come back to their meat eating roots?

Zylahe

i don't know.
as a veggie for 20 years, I ask myself this every time an article is released.
I guess i have to wait for the official word from PETA??

homerjspartan

Mmmmmm.....genetically engineered bacon.

doorki

i don't know.
as a veggie for 20 years, I ask myself this every time an article is released.
I guess i have to wait for the official word from PETA??

Why do you need official word from PETA?

Vailara

It isn't bacon, unfortunately! Bacon is cured. Apparently it's strips of meat with a soft texture like scallops, which nobody has wanted to taste yet! But I suppose it's maybe the start of lab-grown meat?

For vegans and vegetarians, I suppose a lot would depend on their reasons for being vegan/vegetarian. I've known people who don't like to eat any animal product at all, regardless of whether cruelty was involved, and I suppose this would still count as an animal product?

doorki

It isn't bacon, unfortunately! Bacon is cured. Apparently it's strips of meat with a soft texture like scallops, which nobody has wanted to taste yet! But I suppose it's maybe the start of lab-grown meat?

For vegans and vegetarians, I suppose a lot would depend on their reasons for being vegan/vegetarian. I've known people who don't like to eat any animal product at all, regardless of whether cruelty was involved, and I suppose this would still count as an animal product?

True, it is technically not bacon yet, but it is pork. The technology is getting there.

I would think that this would allow those who are vegan/vegetarian for moral reasons to enjoy the tastiest of the tasty once again.

Seajolly

I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot stick. Why do people think genetically altered food is OKAY TO EAT?!

delekium

when bio industry came out, we were told wold hunger would end. it never did. this bacon isn't bringing heaven to earth and sounds disgusting to me personally.

vanguardfitness

wtf??

doorki

I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot stick. Why do people think genetically altered food is OKAY TO EAT?!

There is nothing genetically altered about this. It is simply "grown" in a lab.

Why is this food not okay to eat?

geebusuk

I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot stick. Why do people think genetically altered food is OKAY TO EAT?!

You eat food that has had it's genetics altered*.
Is that not okay too?

* Both by humans and natural selection.

doorki

when bio industry came out, we were told wold hunger would end. it never did. this bacon isn't bringing heaven to earth and sounds disgusting to me personally.

It can take decades or even centuries for an industry's full potential to be realized. The first computers were seen in the 10th century.

doorki

For the late crowd!

UsedToBeHusky

BACON is EVIL!













Cloning is okay.

diodelcibo

Praise the bacon in it's ever growing glory.

BeeElMarvin

i don't know.
as a veggie for 20 years, I ask myself this every time an article is released.
I guess i have to wait for the official word from PETA??

Cait_Sidhe

I'm a pescetarian and have been for 20 years. I have no moral objection to this. I'd eat it.

Cait_Sidhe

Also, whatever PETA's stance is on this has no bearing. As someone who has dedicated her life to animal welfare, PETA is not the end all be all in animal advocacy. I personally stand against most of the things PETA preaches. The head of PETA is a diabetic and takes insulin derived from pigs. They advocate a vegetarian diet for cats which leads to horribly debilitating nutritional deficiencies and death. They secretly euthanize animals. Don't take my word on it, do some research before blindly following some organization's directions.

cuterbee

Well...if they grew human tissue in the lab for consumption, would you eat that? I don't think I could. While I'm not a vegan or vegetarian, I can see how some still wouldn't want to eat the lab grown stuff if it were available.

doorki

Well...if they grew human tissue in the lab for consumption, would you eat that? I don't think I could. While I'm not a vegan or vegetarian, I can see how some still wouldn't want to eat the lab grown stuff if it were available.

That is nonsensical. I would eat a pig if found in the wilds of my grocer or butcher's shop where I would not eat human flesh regardless of how it was produced. Pork is pork, it is the same cells and molecular make up just different processes were used to tell it to grow.

Seajolly

I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot stick. Why do people think genetically altered food is OKAY TO EAT?!

There is nothing genetically altered about this. It is simply "grown" in a lab.

Why is this food not okay to eat?

How is 'grown in a lab' any different than genetically altered? It's entirely genetically altered! It doesn't grow in nature that way. :laugh:

I do not trust it. To each his own, but I try to eat as much organic as possible, non-altered foods and most foods in their raw natural state.