$325,000 burger, A hamburger created from bovine stem cells will soon be served in
London. The €250,000 (roughly $325,000) burger is the result of years of
research led by Dr. Mark Post in the Netherlands, who hopes to show the
world that so-called "in-vitro meat" could become a viable food source.
The burger was crafted using cells from the neck of a slaughterhouse cow and techniques developed for the creation of organs.
Stem cells have the ability to turn into a multitude of other cells,
including the muscle cells needed for the burger meat. Dr. Post's team
used tens of billions of muscle cells to create 20,000 thin strips of
cultured muscle tissue, which amount to a quarter-pounder. Although his
in-vitro burger has no fat, Dr. Post assures The New York Times that it tastes "reasonably good."
