Andras Forgacs: Leather and meat without killing animals
Andrass Forgačs: Āda un gaļa nenogalinot dzīvniekus
Andras Forgacs produces animal products -- meat and leather -- without the animal. Full bio
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ka mēs esam nedaudz traki.
gan laboratorijās pārējā pasaulē.
ka viņi ir mazliet traki,
miljoniem dzīvnieku,
un rokassomiņas,
olām un ādas izstrādājumiem?
pieaugot līdz 10 miljardiem,
gāzu radītājiem,
asins ķermenīšus un kaulus,
mūsu vēstures.
piemēram, gaļu.
patērētājiem un regulētājiem.
bioražošanu labāk sapratīs,
jaunu materiālu valkāšanai
ar vienkāršas biopsijas palīdzību
tonēšanas procesu
ļoti interesantos veidos.
citas noderīgas īpašības,
kādam tā vienmēr ir kalpojusi,
sākot ar tādiem produktiem kā
ir arī tās ražošanas kultūra,
jaunus produktus,
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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