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DENMARK (WKOW)--A Dutch scientist is working to grow a hamburger from bovine stem cells. 

Doctor Mark Post says the test tube burger would look like the real thing.

But there are a few kinks to work out.

Since there is no blood in the meat; it's pinkish-yellow in color.

And scientists need to grow the fat separately to keep the meat juicy.

"It's still very small pieces and too small to actually cook it right now. So we're now gearing up to produce let's a golf ball size of this stuff and then cook it," said researcher Mark Post of Eindhoven University of Technology.

It could take up to 20 years to produce the meat efficiently.

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