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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by asdff on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @11:14PM (#28624878)
its typical though to spike cell culture media with antibiotics to avoid bacterial contamination. i did a ctrl-f within the OP article as well as the 50 page pdf but i haven't seen 'antibiotic' mentioned at least. I suppose its always possible you get some bateria thats resistant to your antibiotic, but people have been using penstrep in their media for decades now and that hasn't been a huge concern thus far at least in lab environments following sterile technique.
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by plaidfuji on Wednesday September 22, 2021 @11:32PM (#28624951)
Agreed, this was one of my first thoughts as well and it’s not discussed at all. Why not just dose with antibiotics? Too expensive? Regulatory issues (seems unlikely as all our livestock are already hopped up)? Consumer groups will balk?
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by the8472 on Thursday September 23, 2021 @07:28AM (#28627742)
Antibiotics don't help with viruses or resistant bacteria. In live animals the antibiotics are applied on top of the immune system.
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Re:Lab-grown meat may never be cost-competitive enough to di... by asdff on Thursday September 23, 2021 @01:14PM (#28632094)
I don't think resistant bacteria is going to be an issue if you switch to other antibiotics. People have been using these antibiotics in media for decades and decades in cell culture already and this hasn't been a huge issue in this setting at least.
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