Andras Forgacs: Leather and meat without killing animals
Andreas Forgacs: Kůže a maso bez vraždění zvířat
Andras Forgacs produces animal products -- meat and leather -- without the animal. Full bio
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že jsme krapet šílení.
jako je maso a kůže?"
vejce i kožené zboží?
veřejné zdraví,
a dostupným novým průmyslem.
živočišných produktů jako je maso.
je také méně kontroverzní.
biofabrikovaného průmyslu.
jako je maso,
vezmeme si buňky
aby produkovaly kolagen,
že vám mohu ukázat,
co umí současná kůže,
naše kvašené produkty se vyvíjí,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Andras Forgacs - Bioprinting entrepreneurAndras Forgacs produces animal products -- meat and leather -- without the animal.
Why you should listen
An entrepreneur in tissue engineering, Andras Forgacs is the co-founder and CEO of Modern Meadow, a company developing novel biomaterials. These include cultured meat and leather which, as they put it, "will require no animal slaughter and much lower inputs of land, water, energy and chemicals". This approach involves sourcing cells from living animals, multiplying these cells into billions, and then assembling them into the tissue precursors of meat or leather. The products, for now, are at a prototype stage.
Previously, Andras co-founded Organovo, which uses 3D bioprinting to create human tissues for pharmaceutical research and medical applications, such as drug development and replacement tissues. Organovo’s bioprinting technology was recognized by MIT Technology Review on its TR50 list of most innovative companies for 2012.
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