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Human Disease In The Making? Artificial Food From Human
DNA
Scientists have found a new way to make gelatin.
Human-derived jelly baby anyone ? With interest in
artificial food on the increase following the recent
announcement that the first artificial burger might be
available within six months, researchers in Beijing
have announced that they've discovered a way to grow
large amounts of human based gelatin. Gelatin has a
long history of use as a gelling agent by the food
industry – and, according to the journal’s
publisher, the American Chemical Society,
human-derived gelatin “could become a substitute for
some of the 300,000 tons of animal-based gelatin
produced annually for desserts, marshmallows, candy
and innumerable other products”.