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That cultured tissue is going to be loaded with antibiotics from the medium.
by wollstonecraft 9y ago
That cultured tissue is going to be loaded with antibiotics from the medium.
- Const-me 9y agoYou can sterilize liquids without antibiotics, very cheap: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurization
- wollstonecraft 9y agoYes, we know about autoclaves. But aseptic cell culture without antibiotics?
- Const-me 9y agoBecause enclosed environment. Many industrial processes work the same way, e.g. unwanted microflora can destroy a whole batch of beer, yet people don’t add antibiotics to beer. Here’s a link that specifically tells the meat (at some other company, but still) is grown without antibiotics: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/lab-grown-meat-is-in-your-future-and-it-may-be-healthier-than-the-real-stuff/2016/05/02/aa893f34-e630-11e5-a6f3-21ccdbc5f74e_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/lab-g...