Scientists created Greater meat ever made in the laboratory, reaching the size of a chicken nuggets . The novelty compared to other types of materials that mimic proteins is the development of a circulatory system that can provide nutrients and oxygen to the growing fabric.
The chicken piece reached the seven inches long, four wide and two thick, weighing 11 grams. Although it is not made of food products – it is not yet possible to experience its flavor – creation opens ways for the development of other types of laboratory meat.
In a study published in the magazine Trends in Biotechnologythe group of researchers explained that the laboratory nuggets created by them differs from laboratory meats that are already allowed to be sold in some countries.
This is because most of them are made up of several pieces of meat mounted together: glued with a kind of edible glue or printed in a structure that unites them.
The 11 -gram chicken, however, is done in one block, which helps to better imitate the natural structure and texture of animal meat.
The difference is the circulatory system created by scientists from a semipermeable hollow fiber network, where cells grew around. This type of technology is also found in water filters and renal dialysis machines.
These tubes can bring nutrients and oxygen to the entire fabric, allowing meat to develop on one piece. The challenge from this discovery is to create an automated way to remove these fibers from the material, or make them an edible material such as cellulose.
In addition, the development of the laboratory circulatory system can collaborate in other areas of science such as regenerative medicine, contributing to the creation of large tissue grafts or organs produced in the laboratory.
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This content was originally published in scientists create first fully made in the laboratory; Understand on CNN Brazil.
Source: CNN Brasil
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