Vem vill inte äta jättepanda?

Världens kanske mest kände hässelbygrabb Johan Norberg rapporterar idag om The Economist´s Technology Quarterly som i sin tur rapporterar om att man nu börjar förstå hur man kan odla kött utan att döda några djur.

I artikeln finns att läsa:

IF YOU have ever longed for a meat substitute that smelt and tasted like the real thing, but did not involve killing an animal, then your order could be ready soon. Researchers believe it will soon be possible to grow cultured meat in quantities large enough to offer the meat industry an alternative source of supply.

Growing muscle cells (the main component of meat) in a nutrient broth is easy. The difficulty is persuading those cells to form something that resembles real meat. Paul Kosnik, the head of engineering at a firm called Tissue Genesis, is hoping to do it by stretching the cells with mechanical anchors. This encourages them to form small bundles surrounded by connective tissue, an arrangement similar to real muscle.

Djurrättsaktivisterna jublar, om man får tro artikeln:

As Ingrid Newkirk of PETA, an animal-rights group, puts it, “no one who considers what's in a meat hot dog could genuinely express any revulsion at eating a clean cloned meat product.”

Det finns även fler fördelar. För alla oss som vill äta utdöende djur men inte riktigt har bristande nog moral (eller plånbok) har här en ny öppning. The Economist avslutar artikeln med:

You could even take a cell from an endangered animal and, without threatening its extinction, make meat from it. Giant-panda steak, anyone?

A small step for man. A huge leap for all mammals?

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