Dutch scientists have succeeded in growing meat in a laboratory, which they hope to turn into the world's first "test-tube hamburger" later this year.
The Guardian reports the team from Maastricht University extracted stem cells from cows and grew them in containers to produce strips of muscle tissue.
Ultimately they'll be mixed with blood and artificially grown fat, minced together and turned into a burger that the scientists plan to ask a top chef to cook.
The professor of physiology leading the project, MARK POST, says lab-grown meat could present major ecological advantages over real food.
