Dispensary Corner 16 Sep 11
September 16, 2011
FINGERNAILS scratch their way to
history.
A professional Vegas singer,
Chris Walton, has taken out the
title of the World’s Longest Nails.
She took the crown for her 3.09
meter long left hand nails and her
2.92 metre long right hand nails.
And if you think her nails hold
her back from life, think again -
Chris claims she does all the
household cleaning and her own
makeup.
FARM fresh from the lab.
Scientists are getting ever
closer to producing in-vitro meat,
with researchers claiming the
world’s first artificial sausage is
just six months away.
According to Professor Mark
Post of Maastricht University in
the Netherlands (the
mastermind behind the sausage)
the meat currently growing in his
lab is made from pig cells and
horse fetal serum.
At present, the so called “pain
free meat” is whitish in colour,
due to the lack of blood, and it is
low in myoglobin- the iron and
oxygen-binding protein found in
the muscles of most mammals.
“We are looking at ways to
build up the myoglobin content
to give it colour,” said Post.
It is hoped that if successful
the slaughter-free snags could
help feed the 9.3 billion starving
people worldwide, and cut down
on the environmental impact of
farming.
“We are growing cities of 30 to
40 million - Jakarta, Shanghai -
gigantic cities, with almost no
internal food production
capacity,” said food security
expert Julian Cribb.
“Those cities are horribly
vulnerable to shortages ... and
that’s where these new foods
will come in,” he added.
As an added incentive for the
scientists, the PETA has said it
will pay $1m to the first
company or individual to create
“commercially viable synthetic
meat”.
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