LughM to [email protected]English • 8 months agoDutch firm Meatable can turn pig stem cells into sausages 60 times faster than farmers can rear pigs.tech.euexternal-linkmessage-square213fedilinkarrow-up1732arrow-down112
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minus-squareKata1ystlinkfedilink10•8 months agoGenerally stem cell cultures these days are sourced once then replicated forever.
minus-squareemmanuel_carlinkfedilink4•8 months agoThat’s pretty incredible, with no noticeable degradation between replications? I know very little about stem cell cultures.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•8 months agoThere’d have to be some degradation over time. Unless they’re repairing the DNA using computerized backups or something.
minus-squareKata1ystlinkfedilink7•8 months agoThe stem cells themselves are self-repairing and self replicating. Quoting Wikipedia: Due to the self-renewal capacity of stem cells, a stem cell line can be cultured in vitro indefinitely. Currently all embryonic stem cell research and therapies in the US are conducted using only 486 cultures.
Generally stem cell cultures these days are sourced once then replicated forever.
That’s pretty incredible, with no noticeable degradation between replications? I know very little about stem cell cultures.
There’d have to be some degradation over time. Unless they’re repairing the DNA using computerized backups or something.
The stem cells themselves are self-repairing and self replicating. Quoting Wikipedia:
Currently all embryonic stem cell research and therapies in the US are conducted using only 486 cultures.