In current research, the scientific community has came with the new experiment, which carried out in the field of in-vitro meat (By Prof. Mark Post of Maastricht University, from the Netherlands), the experiment attempts to produce a hamburger in the laboratory by using stem cell technology.

The Prof. Mark Post, uses cow stem cells, by transforming them into tissues which resemble the skeletal muscle that makes up steak or hamburger. Prof. Mark Post says that, by producing meat with this technology, would use about 40% less energy than other traditional procedures. Currently, The Professor, has made a small strips of this tissue. Further, He will need thousands of these small strips to assemble into a hamburger. (Involves approx E250,000 to create the hamburger, An anonymous financier is funding to the experiment). The Prof. Mark Post informs that, the original plan was to develop a sausage, how ever, with all the fillers in a typical recipe, it was hardly recognisable as a meat product.

Additionally, The Indian scientists groups are comprehending these experiments as much-needed initiatives towards food sufficiency.

Dr. Syed Qadri (from Secunderabad-based Laboratory Animal Scientist’s Association of India) said that, “It is a different thing how people would react to the meat produced in lab, however, experiments like the one on the GM (genetically-modified) food and now on in-vitro meat would provide a platform to the researchers for carrying out further research and achieving major breakthroughs.”

Another scientist, former deputy-general, animal science division, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Dr. K M Bujarbaruah, said, “Stem cell technology to produce meat and others like the GMO will have to undergo tests for safety parameters.”

Dr. K M Bujarbaruah, added that, “Animals are being blamed for climate change for the methane they emit in the environment. Also, the feed and fodder availability is fast on decline.

Not only this, an increasing requirement for protein-rich food is inevitable. Thus the fate of such experiments, which cost huge money, could bear two outcomes. One, they might have some futuristic application, second, they might not at all be suitable for consumption. However, the spending is worth it.”

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