Mad Human Disease In The Making? Artificial Food From Human DNA

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Mad 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”.