[1] The first
hamburger created by scientists in a lab
has been recently presented in London.
The burger, which cost over 300,000
[5] dollars to cultivate, originates from stem
cells that were taken out of
the shoulder of a cow. The result was
revealed in front of food and health
experts and televised across the Internet.
[10] It took food scientists three months
to raise 20,000 tiny pieces of meat
to create one single hamburger. Stem
cells were reproduced and, over a period
of time, created their own muscles. Mark
[15] Post, scientist at a Dutch University and
responsible for the project, has
been researching this method for a long
time. He says that the job was
a tricky one because it is important to
[20] keep the cells healthy and not let
any pollution get into them. Food experts
who tasted the new hamburger said that it
felt like meat but it was very lean and
without fat which normally changes the
[25] taste. Biting into it felt like a real burger,
but it wasn’t as tasty because salt and
pepper were missing. The experiment
showed that creating food in a lab is a
possible solution for the world’s food
[30] problems. Large quantities of meat could
one day be
made artificially without raising millions of
animals around the world. Those
who welcome such a method say that we
cannot produce enough meat in the future
and such a new method could be an
alternative.
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time. He says that the job was
a tricky one because it is important to
[20] keep the cells healthy and not let
any pollution get into them. Food experts
who tasted the new hamburger said that it
felt like meat but it was very lean and
without fat which normally changes the
[25] taste. Biting into it felt like a real burger,
but it wasn’t as tasty because salt and
pepper were missing. The experiment
showed that creating food in a lab is a
possible solution for the world’s food
[30] problems. Large quantities of meat could
one day be
made artificially without raising millions of
animals around the world. Those
who welcome such a method say that we
cannot produce enough meat in the future
and such a new method could be an
alternative.
Disponível em: http://www.english-online.at. Acesso em: 08 nov. 2013.
Com base no texto, analise as seguintes assertivas:
I - O hambúrguer foi desenvolvido com células tronco retiradas do ombro de várias vacas.
II - Especialistas disseram que o hambúrguer artificial parece de fato com carne.
III - O hambúrguer produzido, apesar de artificial, era muito saboroso.
IV - O método desenvolvido permitirá que diminua a criação de gado no mundo.
V - De acordo com as previsões de Mark Post, o hambúrguer poderá ser produzido em escala, a
partir do ano que vem.
Assinale a alternativa correta.
