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Monday, Aug 05, 2013 11:44 AM PDT

Scientists to cook world's first in-vitro beef burger 
Monday, Aug 05, 2013 11:44 AM PDT
The world's first lab-grown beef burger is seen after it was cooked at a launch event in west LondonBy Kate Kelland, Health and Science Correspondent LONDON (Reuters) - A corner of west London will see culinary and scientific history made on Monday when scientists cook and serve up the world's first lab-grown beef burger. The in-vitro burger, cultured from cattle stem cells, the first example of what its creator says could provide an answer to global food shortages and help combat climate change, will be fried in a pan and tasted by two volunteers. ...
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Q&A on the science of growing hamburger in the lab 
Monday, Aug 05, 2013 09:59 AM PDT
A new Cultured Beef Burger made from cultured beef grown in a laboratory from stem cells of cattle, is cooked by chef Richard McGeown during the world's first public tasting event for the food product held in London, Monday Aug. 5, 2013. The cultured beef product was developed by Professor Mark Post, not pictured, of Netherland's Maastricht University. The Cultured Beef could help solve the coming food crisis and combat climate change according to the producers of the burger which cost some 250,000 euros (US dlrs 332,000) to produce. (AP Photo / David Parry, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVESLONDON (AP) — At a public tasting in London on Monday, Dutch scientists served a single hamburger made from cow stem cells. Some questions and answers about the science behind the revolutionary patty, how it could help combat climate change and what it actually tastes like.
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Can Farming Provide a Solution to Climate Change? 
Monday, Aug 05, 2013 04:01 AM PDT
Can Farming Provide a Solution to Climate Change?
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