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Artificial Meat The artificial meat factory - the science of your synthetic supper In today's world, people are eating more meat every year. With the increase in factory farming, the levels of gases produced by such farms is also rising. This increase in greenhouse gasses coupled with the need for more meat, it seems that the logical answer would be to find another way to produce meat while avoiding the gasses that are influencing global warming. In 2013, the cost of producing the amount of meat necessary for a single hamburger patty was near $300,000 but scientists believe that they will be able to improve efficiency to $10 a patty within a few years. We are able to manipulate what type of meat the artificial kind by using different chemicals and O2 levels. This does not only limit the meat created to beef. Some even believe that the flavor from the artificial meat may surpass those of natural meats. The process of creating this meat first involves taking a sample of muscle cells from a living organism. Once the cells are obtained, they act as a type of stem cell that can turn into different types of meat, meaning there is no need to take more samples once you have the original for you can continue to make more meat from even a single cell. tihiasudhfiasudhfiausdhfliauewhtiahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh TED Talk- Artificial Organs https://www.ted.com/talks/anthony_atala_printing_a_human_kidney?referrer=playlist-the_future_of_medicine&utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

In more recent years, humans have been living longer due to improved medicine and medical techniques. However, as people are living longer, less people are dying, so organs that are in condition for transplants. This is an issue because as people are becoming older, there is a higher demand for organs and the supply can not keep up with the demand. This is where the importance of production of artificial organs becomes crucial. The process consists of taking a small piece of an already existing organ, approximately the size of a stamp, and then using cells made by copying the sampled sliver of organ. The new cells are then 3D printed to create new working organs instead of waiting for a compatible one to appear. In this Ted Talk, Anthony Atala goes more in depth with how the organs are produced. He talks specifically about bladders and kidneys. It the video, he beings out a fully 3D printed kidney, but even though they can make them, the artificial kidneys are not able to be transplanted yet. However, we are introduced to Luke Massella who was born with spina bifada, which impaired his kidneys and bladder. At 10 years old, after 16 surgeries, he was given a successful bladder transplant, created from copies of his own bladder cells. We are then told of the heart warming story of the successful procedure and how it changed Luke's life for the better.

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Top 5 Sustainability Goals:


 * 1)  No Hunger- Every year approximately 9 million people die from starvation in 3rd world countries while in more developed parts of the world people over stuff themselves and cant even finished all three of their meals a day. We are more than capable to feed those who are in dire need of food yet we still have not instituted a way to feed people starving to death.
 * 2)  Clean Energy- With the growth of technology ever growing, it is going to take more and more energy to keep it all in use but with all of this energy being created, it is leaving a massive effect on the environment. If we do not create more efficient and less pollutant producing ways of generating energy, we may not even have an earth to occupy where we can use the technology that is on its path to destroy us.
 * 3)  Protect the Planet-
 * 4)  Life Below Water-
 * 5)  Life on Land-