Lab-grown burgers could be on your plate by 2020
Many of us enjoy the taste of a burger, but the negative impacts on the environment caused by the production of beef - not to mention the harm caused to the cattle providing it - are well known. Now there's hope for a better kind of beef: beef that's grown in a lab, and Dutch scientists think these artificially created 'test tube' burgers could be ready for public consumption within the next five years. The very first lab-grown meat made from real beef stem cells was produced in 2013. However, at a price of US$325,000, it wasn't exactly a practical option for McDonal
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