{"id":6115,"date":"2013-11-10T20:39:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-11T04:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=6115"},"modified":"2013-11-12T17:59:42","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T01:59:42","slug":"leather-without-killing-the-animals-is-here-biofabrication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/leather-without-killing-the-animals-is-here-biofabrication\/","title":{"rendered":"Leather Without Killing the Animals is Here &#8211; Biofabrication"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6122\" alt=\"lab grown leather\" src=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lab-grown-leather.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lab-grown-leather.jpg 558w, https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/lab-grown-leather-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><br \/>\nImagination is bringing science into new realms which may soon put an end to animal suffering. It&#8217;s already possible and is being done through bio-fabrication which is environmentally responsible, efficient, and humane.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great first-step in introducing lab-grown products like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/?p=5371\" >Lab-Grown Burgers<\/a>, and the leather can even be grown to exact shapes, thickness, color, and texture.<\/p>\n<p>Watch this (short) excellent talk by Andras Forgacs which argues that biofabricating meat and leather is a civilized and intelligent way to move past killing animals for hamburgers and handbags.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/andras_forgacs_leather_and_meat_without_killing_animals.html\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andras_forgacs_leather_and_meat_without_killing_animals.html\"  target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external nofollow\">http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andras_forgacs_leather_and_meat_without_killing_animals.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagination is bringing science into new realms which may soon put an end to animal suffering. It&#8217;s already possible and is being done through bio-fabrication which is environmentally responsible, efficient, and humane. This is a great first-step in introducing lab-grown products like Lab-Grown Burgers, and the leather can even be grown to exact shapes, thickness, color, and texture. Watch this (short) excellent talk by Andras Forgacs which argues that biofabricating meat and leather is a civilized and intelligent way to move past killing animals for hamburgers and handbags. . Source: http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/andras_forgacs_leather_and_meat_without_killing_animals.html &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24180,"featured_media":6122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,19,7,3,952],"tags":[1163,1162,1159,1161,1062,1160,16],"class_list":["post-6115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animal-rights","category-environment","category-general","category-vegan","category-video-2","tag-3-d-printing","tag-animal-suffering","tag-biofabrication","tag-growing-leather","tag-lab-grown-meat","tag-leather","tag-veganism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Leather Without Killing the Animals is Here - Biofabrication - HappyCow<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.happycow.net\/blog\/leather-without-killing-the-animals-is-here-biofabrication\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leather Without Killing the Animals is Here - Biofabrication - HappyCow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Imagination is bringing science into new realms which may soon put an end to animal suffering. 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