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  • The study was preliminary and was conducted on unprotected cells in petri dishes, so it may not be relevant for humans.

    Pepper Spray Bug Repellant? 2009

  • Many compounds work in petri dishes and in animal tests.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • After perfecting that process, scientists will then need to figure out how to layer tissues to add more bulk, since meat grown in petri dishes lacks the blood vessels needed to deliver nutrients through thick muscle fibers.

    Genuine Artificial Real Meat! : #comments 2007

  • Many compounds work in petri dishes and in animal tests.

    Diarrhea Medication May Cure Cancer Steve Carper 2007

  • Landscape architecture blog Pruned is featuring some beautiful "gardens" grown in petri dishes.

    Boing Boing: February 19, 2006 - February 25, 2006 Archives 2006

  • Experiments for NASA, the US space agency, have already shown that morsels of edible fish can be grown in petri dishes, though no one has yet eaten the food.

    Archive 2006-02-01 2006

  • Experiments for NASA, the US space agency, have already shown that morsels of edible fish can be grown in petri dishes, though no one has yet eaten the food.

    Brave New Edible Estates 2006

  • They are created in petri dishes as part of fertility treatments like IVF; then they are discarded.

    Boing Boing: July 16, 2006 - July 22, 2006 Archives 2006

  • The elements of this transformation have included advocacy of a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, opposition to stem cell research involving both frozen embryos and human cells in petri dishes, and the extraordinary effort to keep Terri Schiavo hooked up to a feeding tube.

    March 2005 2005

  • And the healthy Elizabeth Cohen on avoiding the flu on a so-called petri dish in the sky.

    CNN Transcript Nov 24, 2009 2009

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