Stevens, Hallam (2023) A mammoth meatball hints at a future of exotic lab-grown meats, but the reality will be far more boring, and rife with problems. The Conversation, 6 April 2023.

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[Extract] Last week, an Australian “cultured meat” company called Vow made headlines with a meatball made from the flesh of a woolly mammoth – or something very much like it. Combining the technologies of lab-based cell culture and “de-extinction,” Vow scientists grew muscle proteins based on DNA sequences from the long-dead proboscideans.

The meatball was not intended for human consumption, but Vow hoped the gimmick would highlight the lighter environmental footprint of lab-grown meats, using the mammoth as a “a symbol of diversity loss and a symbol of climate change”. The meatball also hinted at a possible new variety and playfulness in meat consumption.

Item ID:	78658
Item Type:	Article (Scholarly Work)
ISSN:	2201-5639
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Date Deposited:	30 May 2023 07:08
FoR Codes:	44 HUMAN SOCIETY > 4410 Sociology > 441007 Sociology and social studies of science and technology @ 70% 30 AGRICULTURAL, VETERINARY AND FOOD SCIENCES > 3006 Food sciences > 300607 Food technology @ 30%
SEO Codes:	10 ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND ANIMAL PRIMARY PRODUCTS > 1099 Other animal production and animal primary products > 109999 Other animal production and animal primary products not elsewhere classified @ 50% 19 ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATURAL HAZARDS > 1999 Other environmental policy, climate change and natural hazards > 199999 Other environmental policy, climate change and natural hazards not elsewhere classified @ 50%
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