- The Cat

Ms. Lange added, “I remember saying I would be much more comfortable promoting eating roadkill.”

Watch out, Hillary!

IN VITRO MEAT: Test-tube steak.

Please keep tossing me these fat pitches. They’re the biggest thrills I get these days.

FRANKENFOOD: Hot dog.

IN VITRO FERTILIZATION: Test-tube meet.

TOFU LAMB: Leg o’ Nutton’.

VEGAN: Soy loser.

VEGGIE PATTY: Shamburger.

BTW, has Willy Wonka perfected his chewing gum yet? This is too silly. Dungeon Master, I am taking out my “+2 bubblegum of BS” and chewing.

right2bright on April 21, 2008 at 12:02 PM

You were ahead of me!

“Soylent Green is people!”

;-)

If the SPAM can starts talking, put it back.

Besides, I thought SPAM was a man-made meat protein substance made from candle wax and hog jowls. You can’t improve on perfection folks…

jerseyman on April 21, 2008 at 11:41 AM

One of the common sources of monoclonal antibodies is a hybridoma, which is a biological production machine created by merging human cervical cancer cells with lymphocytes which have been primed to a very specific antigen. The cancer cells create a rapid rate of growth and the lymphocytes produce the specific antibody. I have heard passionate arguments against the use of human cells for such a purpose, in spite of the tremendous value of monoclonals.

The ironic turn of this article: before being declared safe for human consumption, lab-grown meat will need to be extensively tested on animals.

James on April 21, 2008 at 10:58 AM

Which creates an interesting puzzle. I made a good living for many years, doing clinical safety/efficacy studies for biological agents. Since our meat animals are primarily “prey” types, how does one write a protocol? The result would have to be measured in the organism consuming the final product, wouldn’t it? Should the final generation be a meat eater? If it isn’t human, does that bias the study? Ethical? I realize test material could be fed mixed with normal herbivore/omnivore rations, but how do you account for impact of the normal ration when measuring results? How many generations or life cycles would be required? What safety factors would be measured? Political needs would drive much of it, similar to the HIV issues.
Exit question. How many readers think all new drug and vaccine safety studies for license application are based on vigorous long term studies? We have new influenza vaccines every year? How do you know they work or are safe for you as an individual?

(Yuck)

Meat is Murder.
Tasty, tasty, murder!

So, your distaste is based on emotion rather than logic? I don’t have a problem with that, but we’ll see if your acceptance threshold may be lowered a bit when the real cost of biofuels starts to impact the food animal industry. I realize economics are not the reason PETA is agonizing over the issue. I also remember my father swearing he wouldn’t ever eat margerine as a replacement for butter when that controversy first arose,…but he eventually did.:)

a capella on April 21, 2008 at 10:14 AM

I think my distaste is both emotion and logic. But yeah…

As for food prices rising because of this biofuel thing…they already have. Seems everything in the supermarket is far more expensive than it was a year ago. As for steaks, I only get ‘em on sale.

You’re not the World Food Program, where the 41% increase in grain prices (thanks a great part to more going to biofuel) has really cut back on who they can supply.

michaelo on April 21, 2008 at 10:53 AM

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Yes, I understand the issue (in fact, I give to charities in that region who help supply clean water and also food). But, that is not really the same issue. My concern for myself is non-chemically altered meat, and my concern for the rest of the world is ending the biofuel programs which are consuming needed foodstuffs – and I don’t see lab produced meat as a solution. As a resident of the first world, I can afford to be picky in what I eat – in many places, people are lucky to get any.