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Scientists Derive Gelatin From Human Tissue
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."
Now you know.
Why does my jello taste like Grandma?
Depends.
This means I can finally eat Jello made from Bill Cosby!
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Will this type of gelatin be acceptable to use in vegan food? No animal products, just us. Is that ok?
Now, small children will get a taste for human flesh. You've doomed us all, you bastards
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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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What color is it?
Green, presumably.
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.