Shin naman da aka girma a cikin lab shine abincin gaba?

Penicillin, alluran rigakafi da sassan jikin mutum duk an halicce su ne a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje, kuma a yanzu, hatta naman da aka noma na lab ya zama sanannen jarin kimiyya. Google ya dauki nauyin ƙungiyar injiniya a ranar 5 ga Agusta 2013 don ƙirƙirar patty na farko na hamburger. Bayan harhada ƙananan ƙwayoyin tsoka 20,000 a cikin wani in-vitro yanayi yayin kashe $375 000, an ƙirƙiri naman nama na farko da aka noma.

Willem Van Eelen, ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu bincike don naman da aka girma a cikin lab, ya ba da hira a cikin 2011 tare da New Yorker, yana bayyana yadda tsarin ke aiki. Eelen ya ce, "Naman In-vitro… ana iya yin shi ta hanyar sanya 'yan sel a cikin cakuda mai gina jiki wanda ke taimaka musu haɓaka." Ya ci gaba da bayanin cewa “yayin da sel suka fara girma tare, suna samar da tsokar tsoka… ana iya shimfida nama kuma a canza su zuwa abinci, wanda a ka'idar, aƙalla, ana sayar da shi, dafa shi kuma a cinye shi kamar kowane naman hamburger da aka sarrafa… ko tsiran alade."

Tare da isasshen ƙoƙari, kimiyya na iya ba wa ɗan adam naman da muke sha'awar ba tare da lahani ga muhalli da cin zarafin gonakin shanu ba. Abin takaici, naman da aka girma a lab bai ja hankali sosai ba sai bayan mutuwar Eelen.

Ko da yake naman da aka girma a cikin lab yana ba da bege ga tushen abinci wanda ba ya lalata muhalli, ba kowa ba ne ke goyan bayan naman da aka shuka. Corry Curtis, mai sha'awar abinci, da sauran masu tunani iri ɗaya suna jin cewa abinci yana ƙaura daga yanayi. "Na gane cewa naman da aka noma a cikin lab zai iya yin amfani mai yawa ga ƙasashen duniya na uku da kuma mai kyau ga muhalli, amma ba dabi'a ba ne," in ji Curtis. Curtis ya kuma ambaci cewa, yayin da abinci mai gina jiki ke ba da fa'idodi da yawa, mutane sun dogara da kayan haɓaka sinadarai.

Curtis ya jaddada yadda naman da aka girma a cikin lab ba shi da kyau sosai cewa an kusan cire naman daga yanayin kanta. Ta kuma bayyana cewa idan wannan yanayin ya tashi, za a iya cinye nama a matakin haɗari. "Binciken da ya jagoranci ya tabbatar da cewa nama, mai yawan furotin, yana daya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da ke haifar da ciwon sukari ba sukari ba," in ji Curtis.

Wataƙila masana kimiyya za su haɗa duka koyarwar Curtis da Eelen don ba mu mafi kyawun hamburger har abada lokacin da naman da aka girma a cikin lab ya zama yaɗuwa.