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Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells, essentially making animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The breakthrough could have major benefits for growing organs and tissues for transplant, or lab-grown meat.Cont… Continue reading Plant-animal hybrid cells make solar-powered tissues, organs or meat
In a move that will make some stomachs growl and others turn, Korean scientists have taken muscle and fat stem cells from cows and transplanted them into grains of rice. The end result is a new, high-protein food that should be cheap, environmentally f… Continue reading Scientists grow beef cells in rice to make new protein-rich space food
Great strides are being made in the field of lab-grown meat, but its price remains a barrier to wide commercial use. British startup Moolec has created what it claims is a less costly alternative, in the form of soya plants that produce pig-protein-ric… Continue reading Transgenic soybeans could replace pork, by producing pig proteins
Good Meat’s cultured chicken has been on sale in Singapore since late 2020. Now, the company has announced that it’s cleared all regulatory hurdles in the US and will offer its product at a Washington, DC restaurant in short order.Continue ReadingCateg… Continue reading Lab-grown chicken gets US approval, set to make its restaurant debut
One of the challenges of creating lab-grown meat involves giving it a texture like that of the real thing. A new cell culture scaffold could help, as it’s reportedly inexpensive, edible, and made of plant-based substances.Continue ReadingCategory: Scie… Continue reading Plant-based scaffold may boost the production of cultured meat
In the past two years, Israel’s Steakholder Foods (formerly MeaTech 3D) has brought us a lab-grown steak and lab-grown Wagyu beef morsels. Now, it has produced what it says are the world’s first whole fillets of cultivated fish … grouper, to be precise… Continue reading “World’s first” cultivated fish fillets served up in Israel
Cultivated meat is shaping up as an eco-friendly, cruelty-free alternative to traditional meat production. However, it’s missing one element crucial to flavor: fat. But a team of researchers has developed a way of cultivating fat on a large scale with … Continue reading Lab-grown fat promises flavor boost for cultivated meat
Although great strides are being made in the field of lab-grown meat, the stuff is still quite expensive to produce. A new 3D-printing ink could help, while also making use of agricultural waste that would otherwise be discarded.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Agri-waste 3D-printing ink may make cultured meat more affordable
Israeli cultured meat outfit Believer Meats, known formerly as Future Meat, is looking to play a pivotal role in the availability of lab-grown meat products, and a new facility under construction in the US should help these efforts along. The company s… Continue reading World’s largest cultured meat factory takes shape in the US
California company Upside Foods has been given the green light from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its lab-grown chicken, paving the way for its product to reach market shelves next year, and making the US the second country in the wor… Continue reading FDA gives green light to first lab-grown chicken product in US