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Lab-grown burger unveiled today

Would you eat a burger that's been created from cells harvested from muscle samples? Scientists took...
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9:32 AM - 5 Aug 2013



Lab-grown burger unveiled toda...

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Lab-grown burger unveiled today

TodayFM
TodayFM

9:32 AM - 5 Aug 2013



Would you eat a burger that's been created from cells harvested from muscle samples?

Scientists took the cells from a cow and, at an institute in the Netherlands, turned them into strips of muscle which they combined to make a patty.

It's estimated to have cost a quarter of a million pounds to produce - and will be cooked and eaten in London this lunchtime.

The scientist behind the experiment says that livestock farming is becoming unsustainable, with demand for meat rocketing around the world.

These diners aren't convinced about the lab-grown delicacy:



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