Which do you think we’re getting first?

  • finn
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    211 year ago

    My bet’s on 3D printed meat making it to our plates before we’re DIY’ing insulin.

    Regulation for medications like insulin is super tight (rightly so!). You can’t just whip up life-saving stuff in your garage without some heavy-duty checks and balances from the FDA and the like. Plus, the DIY part is insane, we’re talking high-level genetic engineering and biochemistry here, not homebrew beer.

    Then there’s the demand part. The hype for environmentally-friendly, cruelty-free meat is real and growing every day. If they can get the taste and texture right, not to mention a decent price, lab-grown meat is gonna fly off the shelves.

    Meanwhile, homebrew insulin’s got a smaller audience - mainly type 1 diabetics and some type 2s. And given that botched insulin can be lethal, a lot of folks might stick to the tried-and-true stuff from pharmaceutical companies.

    So yeah, I’m thinking lab-grown burgers beat homebrew insulin to the punch. But hey, it’s 2023, who knows what’s around the corner? Fun to think about though!

      • deejay4am
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        51 year ago

        Like eating a whole load of Tollhouse cookie dough straight from the tube?

        • Shift_
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          fedilink
          31 year ago

          Now I’m tempted to bake a steak shaped cookie from an entire tube of cookie dough