Saturday, September 5, 2009

Fish Without a Face

Delicious looking Salmon, yes? You're right, it is delicious. Most remarkably, it's from a faceless fish! It's also healthier, safer, less polluting, and produced more humanely than conventional fish. After years of untiring development, beautifulScience has achieved the goal of growing fish meat from cultured cells! Essentially, particular cell samples are extracted from a conventional fish & then proliferated in a nutrient-rich medium in the laboratory. In-vitro fish meat!

With this control over the growth process, inedible animal structures (bones, respiratory system, digestive system, skin/scales, eyes, mouth, and the nervous system) are not grown. As a result, cultured fish production is more efficient in its use of energy, land, and water; and it produces less waste. Also, animals are not subjected to the stressful conditions of traditional fish-farms & large-net fishing operations.

Resident Bioethicist, Kapa W. Azzurro, remarked, "This is an amazing breakthrough with numerous positive implications for the environment, human nutrition, and the ethical treatment of animals." What's next? "We're very close to producing nutritionally advanced meat products from the cells of land animals. Imagine, deliciously juicy steaks made from face-less cows!", she added.