Scientists can't
yet grow them in the lab.
Not exact matches
Although many are
yet to jump on this bandwagon, leaders like Google's Eric Schmidt and Bill Gates are optimistic about the opportunities
in lab -
grown meat.
Human eggs have been fully
grown in a
lab for the first time and a Christian bioethics consultant says there are not ethical problems
yet.
Yet, today
in London Mark Post, a vascular physiologist at Maastricht University
in the Netherlands, allowed two independent tasters to sample a hamburger patty he had
grown in his
lab.
Because M. lepromatosis can not be
grown in the
lab and animal models for this version of leprosy do not exist
yet, the scientists used an infected skin sample from a patient
in Mexico to obtain the bacterium's genetic material.
But culturing germ cells (the process of
growing these specialized cells
in the
lab) is difficult, and scientists have not
yet been able to culture the germ cells of pigeons.
Now new research from McGill University demonstrates
yet another way that the humble cranberry may be a woman's best friend: «
In lab studies, cranberry prevented the bacteria from producing a specific protein called flagellin, which is necessary for
growing the tails that enable them to swim up the urinary tract and attach to cells,» explains lead study author Nathalie Tufenkji, PhD.