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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by mjevans on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @11:10PM (#28624861)
Imagine an industrial life support system, I would venture our medical tech is either there or almost there for it. The hard part where I'd envision the greatest challenge is an artificial immune system that works in the tanks but absolutely won't harm people after the vat grown products are taken out of the loop.

As a bonus this same type of technology could work for growing organs and any other biological part.

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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by pas on Thursday September 23, 2021 @02:40AM (#28625877)
Isn't the typical solution for this is to isolate the vats? Eg just like chip fabs are kept clean.
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by native_samples on Thursday September 23, 2021 @04:30AM (#28626615)
Yes and the article discusses this extensively. The problem is that it's very hard to achieve the necessary level of cleanliness. The article mentions needing to take apart, clean and re-assemble entire plants because some bacteria were hiding in small pits inside imperfect welds!
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by pas on Friday September 24, 2021 @03:07AM (#28639431)
Similar to how hard it is to clean MRSA or prions. Hot high pressure CO2 does it. (It's cheap, readily available everywhere. It's a process problem. It's hard to do it in hospitals in a safe and automated way because humans, but in a factory the pesky humans are not a problem.)
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by newsbinator on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @11:45PM (#28625010)
In Dune, they’re called Axlotl Tanks.

One benefit I see is lab-grown meat won’t come with misfolded proteins.

After we solve most bacteria and viruses, this’ll be the next thing you solve, and lab-grown meat probably solves it out of the box.

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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by samplatt on Thursday September 23, 2021 @12:35AM (#28625248)
Not sure the Dune simile is a good one, here... in the prequals they're shown to be humans hooked up to nutrient feed lines. Or that was the point and I missed it...
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by pas on Thursday September 23, 2021 @02:39AM (#28625859)
Not just in the prequels. Not just any humans. Humans with a womb.
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