Althouse: "Scientists at the University of Ottawa have developed a way of growing human cells and tissue on apples."

February 28, 2017

"Scientists at the University of Ottawa have developed a way of growing human cells and tissue on apples."

"This biohacking discovery opens the door to new possibilities for the future of regenerative medicine."

12 comments:

Darrell said...: Explains the taste.; 2/28/17, 7:22 AM
mockturtle said...: Uh-oh! It's readily available and cheap. The big biotech industries aren't going to like this one bit.; 2/28/17, 7:22 AM
rhhardin said...: I assume it involves bees.; 2/28/17, 7:24 AM
AllenS said...: Is that an apple in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?; 2/28/17, 7:26 AM
mockturtle said...: Is that an apple in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me?

LOL! :-D; 2/28/17, 7:46 AM
Ignorance is Bliss said...: Well they tempt you, man, with silver
And they tempt you, sir, with gold
And they tempt you with the pleasures
That the flesh does surely hold
They say Eve tempted Adam with an apple
But man I ain't going for that...; 2/28/17, 7:52 AM
Bob Boyd said...: I'm picturing Mr. Potato Head only with an apple.; 2/28/17, 7:57 AM
Drago said...: mockturtle: "Uh-oh! It's readily available and cheap."

Not to worry.

The Feds will need to regulate this "readily available and cheap" product with the usual results: scarcity and higher costs with potentially lower quality thrown in. The good news will be how much sweet lobbying/campaign cash can be bled from the industry.; 2/28/17, 8:16 AM
rhhardin said...: We need a way to grow apples on human skin.; 2/28/17, 9:40 AM
Bob Boyd said...: "We need a way to grow apples on human skin."

Fruit tree. Another job Americans just won't do?; 2/28/17, 10:06 AM
Dust Bunny Queen said...: We need a way to grow apples on human skin.

Granny Smith?; 2/28/17, 10:52 AM
n.n said...: That's one less colorful clump of cells to be cannibalized by Planned Parenthood's Mengele division.; 2/28/17, 11:39 AM