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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by Avicebron on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @09:35PM (#28624279)
We did genetically engineer a solution to this problem, the program was called "selective breeding" and it was first practiced by the group called "early pastoralists" who published their findings in the journal "ancient history"
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by superbaconman on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @09:57PM (#28624434)
True, but wouldn't lab grown meat be better? It's a more ethically sourced protein, and can be tailored to the individual for optimum health
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by svnt on Thursday September 23, 2021 @01:20AM (#28625436)
How are you proposing to create individually tailored meat products when they are concerned that the process doesn’t scale in the mass-produced first place? Personal bio-reactors?
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by Avicebron on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:50PM (#28631746)
I had a friend who made one, he lovingly coined it "the farm"
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