Florida House Republican Ryler Sirois introduced a new bill on Monday, aiming to make it illegal to manufacture, sell, hold, or distribute lab-grown meat within the state.
Prion disorders that can be transmitted through meat come from what the “meat” ate as it was growing up. It actually significantly decreases the risk that specifically prion disorders would come from lab grown meats, but there are of course other valid concerns constantly being addressed.
The nice thing about lab grown meats, is once they are tested, the product doesn’t have any reason to vary in any way from that point on. It can remain identical to what was vigorously tested. Outside meat can’t do that same thing.
Edit: and honestly, don’t worry. Even at it’s most accelerated possible trajectory, lab grown meat won’t drastically impact anyone currently working in livestock. Unfortunately for those of us that would want it sooner. But it would likely be best to encourage your kids not to follow.
I mean, have you had basic biology? Yes it can. If it didn’t, animals wouldn’t survive, full stop. There are several redundancies in biology that prevent things like prions from building up, firstly, that if they do, the organism can no longer function (even if its cells continue to reproduce), and it dies. Its one of the reasons the diseases are so rare.
lab grown meat sounds like a great way to find new and really cool kinds of prion disorders.
Gonna sit this on out.
Prion disorders that can be transmitted through meat come from what the “meat” ate as it was growing up. It actually significantly decreases the risk that specifically prion disorders would come from lab grown meats, but there are of course other valid concerns constantly being addressed.
The nice thing about lab grown meats, is once they are tested, the product doesn’t have any reason to vary in any way from that point on. It can remain identical to what was vigorously tested. Outside meat can’t do that same thing.
Edit: and honestly, don’t worry. Even at it’s most accelerated possible trajectory, lab grown meat won’t drastically impact anyone currently working in livestock. Unfortunately for those of us that would want it sooner. But it would likely be best to encourage your kids not to follow.
I mean, have you had basic biology? Yes it can. If it didn’t, animals wouldn’t survive, full stop. There are several redundancies in biology that prevent things like prions from building up, firstly, that if they do, the organism can no longer function (even if its cells continue to reproduce), and it dies. Its one of the reasons the diseases are so rare.