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Scientists Derive Gelatin From Human Tissue

Posted by timothy on from the as-do-we-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Conventional gelatin is made from collagen inside animals' skin and bones, however a group of researchers has managed to replace that animal base with a human one. The process involves taking human gelatin genes and inserting them into a strain of yeast, which can be cultivated to grow gelatin with controllable features. Jinchun Chen, the leader of the study, and his colleagues believe they can scale this process up to produce large amounts of human-based gelatin for medical uses. The research appears in the American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry."

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  1. Soylent Green Jello. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Now you know.

  2. It's by JustOK · · Score: 2, Insightful

    it's soylent jello

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  3. Re:ewww by Nos9 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why does my jello taste like Grandma?

    Depends.

  4. YES! by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, Funny

    This means I can finally eat Jello made from Bill Cosby!

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  5. An honest question by hedgemage · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Will this type of gelatin be acceptable to use in vegan food? No animal products, just us. Is that ok?

    1. Re:An honest question by master5o1 · · Score: 2

      Still have to get around the cannibal aspect.

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    2. Re:An honest question by ScentCone · · Score: 2

      A lot of vegans won't drink beer, as it is sometimes clarified with egg protein

      Further clarifying everything we need to know about their cognitive difficulties.

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    3. Re:An honest question by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 2

      A lot of vegans won't drink beer, as it is sometimes clarified with egg protein

      Further clarifying everything we need to know about their cognitive difficulties.

      No, clarifying agents leave trace amounts behind, vegans, by definition, are scrupulous in avoiding animal products. Hope that clarifies your understanding.

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    4. Re:An honest question by zAPPzAPP · · Score: 2

      Even as a vegan you can't get around eating germs and yeast.
      They sit on plants too, no matter how much you scrub them.

  6. Re:Human Skin? by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 2

    C'MON outta there, Ol' weird Harold!

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  7. Re:ewww by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why does my jello taste like Grandma?

    How do you know what Grandma tastes like?

  8. Just great by king+neckbeard · · Score: 4, Funny

    Now, small children will get a taste for human flesh. You've doomed us all, you bastards

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  9. Not Soylent jello by donscarletti · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, the summery is misleading. Fact is that we've had the technology to make gelatin from human tissue for millennia. The new development here is that unlike the previous method, this does not require hacking up corpses and rendering them in a pot.

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    1. Re:Not Soylent jello by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 4, Funny

      And they call this progress?

    2. Re:Not Soylent jello by slick7 · · Score: 2

      And they call this progress?

      Feed the homeless to the hungry.

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  10. Re:The right question to be asking... by jamesh · · Score: 4, Funny

    What color is it?

    Green, presumably.

  11. Re:GMO Vegans? by Opyros · · Score: 2

    Yup. I'm vegan, and I don't have any inherent problem with eating GMO products.

  12. Re:GMO Vegans? by hedgemage · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I appreciate your reply. I'm considering going vegan, and yet I have a nervous habit of biting my fingernails. This could possibly provide a solution.