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1、大家網(wǎng)[www.TopSage.com]考研英語歷年真題來源報刊閱讀100篇Text3 AmeatyquestionNO.3 IFYOUhaveeverlongedforameatsubstitutethatsmeltandtastedliketherealthing,butdidnotinvolvekillingananimal,thenyourordercouldbereadysoon.Researchersbelieveitwillsoonbepossibletogrowculturedmeatinqua
2、ntitieslargeenoughtoofferthemeatindustryanalternativesourceofsupply. Growingmusclecells(themaincomponentofmeat)inanutrientbrothiseasy.Thedifficultyispersuadingthosecellstoformsomethingthatresemblesrealmeat.PaulKosnik,theheadofengineeringatafirmcalledTissueGe
3、nesis,ishopingtodoitbystretchingthecellswithmechanicalanchors.Thisencouragesthemtoformsmallbundlessurroundedbyconnectivetissue,anarrangementsimilartorealmuscle. RobertDennis,abiomedicalengineerattheUniversityofNorthCarolina,believesthesecretofgrowinghealthym
4、uscletissueinalaboratoryistounderstandhowitinteractswithitssurroundings.Innature,tissuesexistaselementsinalargersystemandtheydependonothertissuesfortheirsurvival.Withoutappropriatestimulifromtheirneighbourstheydegenerate.DrDennisandhisteamhavebeenworkingonthe
5、seneighbourlyinteractionsforthepastthreeyearsandreportsomesuccessinengineeringtwoofthemostimportant-thosebetweenmusclesandtendons,andmusclesandnerves. AttheTouroCollegeSchoolofHealthSciencesinNewYork,MorrisBenjaminsonandhisteamareworkingonremovinglivingtissu
6、efromfish,andthengrowingitinculture.Thisapproachhastheadvantagethatthetissuehasafunctioningsystemofbloodvesselstodelivernutrients,soitshouldbepossibletogrowtissueculturesmorethanamillimetrethick-thecurrentlimit. HenkHaagsman,ameatscientistattheUniversityofUt
7、rechtintheNetherlands,istryingtomakemincedporkfromculturedstemcellswiththebackingofStegeman,asausagecompany.Itcouldbeusedinsausages,burgersandsauces. Butwhywouldanyonewanttoeatculturedmeat,ratherthansomethingfreshlyslaughteredandjustoffthebone?Oneanswer,tomi
8、xmetaphors,isthatitwouldallowvegetarianstohavetheirmeatloafandeatittoo.Butthesausagemeatprojectsuggestsanotherreason:hygiene.AsIngridNewkirkofPETA,ananimalrightsgroup,putsit,"noonewhoco