Vascular biologist Mark Post and his team have created the world's first lab-grown hamburger at a cost of $345,000 at the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, according to a Reuters report.<br /><br />The assembly of the hamburger begins with stem cells harvested from the necks of cows obtained from slaughterhouses.<br /><br />The cells are then put in a container along with a growth medium and allowed to grow and divide, repeatedly doubling over a period of around three weeks.<br /><br />Next, they're placed in a plastic dish along with a dab of gel and starved of nutrients, forcing them to differentiate and merge into primitive muscle fibers and in turn tiny strips of tissue.<br /><br />A few thousand of these strips are packed together, along with a few strips of lab-grown fat, to create a five-ounce hamburger.<br /><br />Dr. Post, plans to cook and serve the burgers at an event in London in a few weeks' time.<br /><br />In an interview with the New York Times Post spoke of his hope that the technology would eventually greatly reduce the number of cattle around the world.<br /><br />FOR MORE TOMONEWS US, GO TO:<br />http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsUS <br /><br />FOR MORE FUNNY TAIWANESE ANIMATIONS, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAWorldEdition <br /><br />FOR MORE FUNNY TAIWANESE ANIMATIONS IN ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=NMAtv <br /><br />FOR MORE TOMONEWS JP, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=TomoNewsJP <br /><br />FOR MORE APPLE DAILY ENGLISH, GO TO: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AppleDailyEnglish <br /><br />CHECK OUT THE ODDBODS!<br />http://www.youtube.com/user/nxTomo
