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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.Researchersbelieveitwillsoonbepossibletogrowculturedmeatinquantitieslargeenoughtoofferthemeat
2、industryanalternativesourceofsupply. Growingmusclecells(themaincomponentofmeat)inanutrientbrothiseasy.Thedifficultyispersuadingthosecellstoformsomethingthatresemblesrealmeat.PaulKosnik,theheadofengineeringatafirmcalledTissueGenesis,ishopingtodoitbystretchingthecellswithmechanicalanchors.Th
3、isencouragesthemtoformsmallbundlessurroundedbyconnectivetissue,anarrangementsimilartorealmuscle. RobertDennis,abiomedicalengineerattheUniversityofNorthCarolina,believesthesecretofgrowinghealthymuscletissueinalaboratoryistounderstandhowitinteractswithitssurroundings.Innature,tissuesexistase
4、lementsinalargersystemandtheydependonothertissuesfortheirsurvival.Withoutappropriatestimulifromtheirneighbourstheydegenerate.DrDennisandhisteamhavebeenworkingontheseneighbourlyinteractionsforthepastthreeyearsandreportsomesuccessinengineeringtwoofthemostimportant-thosebetweenmusclesandtendon
5、s,andmusclesandnerves. AttheTouroCollegeSchoolofHealthSciencesinNewYork,MorrisBenjaminsonandhisteamareworkingonremovinglivingtissuefromfish,andthengrowingitinculture.Thisapproachhastheadvantagethatthetissuehasafunctioningsystemofbloodvesselstodelivernutrients,soitshouldbepossibletogrowtiss
6、ueculturesmorethanamillimetrethick-thecurrentlimit. HenkHaagsman,ameatscientistattheUniversityofUtrechtintheNetherlands,istryingtomakemincedporkfromculturedstemcellswiththebackingofStegeman,asausagecompany.Itcouldbeusedinsausages,burgersandsauces. Butwhywouldanyonewanttoeatculturedmeat,ra
7、therthansomethingfreshlyslaughteredandjustoffthebone?Oneanswer,tomixmetaphors,isthatitwouldallowvegetarianstohavetheirmeatloafandeatittoo.Butthesausagemeatprojectsuggestsanotherreason:hygiene.AsIngridNewkirkofPETA,ananimalrightsgroup,putsit,"noonewhoco