Because it develops only in cells that are maturing, it can be grown only in living mammals.
The genius of the American market system is that riches can be grown in the worst of times.
Cultured meat could be grown in sterile conditions, avoiding Salmonella, E. coli, Campylobacter and other nasties.
Now the government wants to gauge public opinion before deciding whether the crops can be grown commercially.
There is a fundamental illogic to the notion that an economy can be grown by encouraging consumption.
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Crucially the bacteria can be grown in the lab without needing a fresh sample for each transplant.
But the researchers say their mercury-eating plants could be grown in mercury-polluted environments.
But HPV is a different bug: It is the only known virus that can't be grown in tissue cultures.
At the moment colonies of human stem cells have to be grown on layers of tissue derived from mice.
At worst this will reduce the amount of extra food that needs to be grown to feed a burgeoning population.
The idea that livers, hearts, and skin would be grown in the laboratory may seem a little strange, even a touch macabre.
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The virus is very difficult to grow, so drugs are tested against a rare strain that can be grown in cancer cells.
Sprouts are a common cause since they must be grown in water, which also happens to be a perfect medium for growing bacteria.
Thousands of plants, including many varieties which are imported from Europe during winter months, will be grown on a 23-acre site in Billingham.
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To be grown for a purpose, and then have that purpose taken away from you must be a double kick in the gut.
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America's farm bill means that taxpayers pay Americans to produce things such as cotton that could be grown far more cheaply in Africa.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs says it does not expect GM crops to be grown commercially in the UK until at least 2008.
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They argue that it will, eventually, create the right climate for job creation and that the public has to be grown-up enough to take the long-term view.
The current rules mean that any crop that's approved at EU level can be grown anywhere in the Union unless countries have specific scientific reasons for blocking it.
Sapphire Energy's answer is a form of "green crude oil" made from algae, which can be grown on non-agricultural land in shallow paddies full of undrinkable saline water.
Since that time, more advanced cloning technologies have evolved, including the iPS system of induced pluripotent stem cells, which can be grown from nearly any skin cell.
Mr White said more recently it had been used in Scotland as a "scaffold" for "patients cells to be grown and either implanted or put back in the body".
Prestwich says French tarragon, which is the type largely imported to and grown in the UK, is a slow-growing plant, which can only be grown from cuttings, not seeds.
High oil-yielding strains of algae can be grown and dried and the oil extracted from the dry algal mass, before being similarly converted to biodiesel in a process called transesterification.
Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez were business students at the University of California, Berkeley, when they first heard in class that mushrooms could be grown entirely on discarded coffee grounds.
This may not lead to large expansion of corn production, but it may mean that corn can be grown in areas that are drier, possibly as a consequence of climate change.
Mr Slavchev, who owns Manor Farm, said the polytunnels would enable 3m plants to be grown at the site each year and the visual impact of the tunnels would be very limited.
They are so confident about their work that they believe the fungus technique could lead to small-scale industry in towns across Africa, where the spores could be grown on sorghum and rice flour.
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