Science Fiction Dictionary: Ideas, Terms and Technology
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Device Name Book/Story Author Date
Yeast Steak
Growing custom strains of yeast as food.
The Evitable Conflict Asimov  1950
Yeast-Beast Machine
A device for growing meat in a vat.
Natulife Brin  1994
Yeast-Culture Vats
Using cultured yeast as the basis for food production.
Caves of Steel Asimov  1953
Young Blood - New Blood For Old
Replacing the blood plasma of older people with material from younger people.
Methuselah's Children Heinlein  1941
Young-Forever
A very particular formula for human immortality, which solves the most serious attendant problem (population explosion).
A World Out of Time Niven  1976

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