Tuesday 29 October 2019

Lab cultured 'steaks' grown on an artificial gelatin scaffold

Lab cultured 'steaks' grown on an artificial gelatin scaffold

Most of the alt-meat we eat nowadays, including products like the Impossible Burger, are actually plant based. A number of startups are still working on ethical meat that's grown from animal cells, giving you a real burger without the cruelty and climate change issues. Those can be mushy because they lack the collagen present in real muscle tissue, so there's no way to create steaks. Now, Harvard University researchers have found a way to simulate real meat by growing cow and rabbit muscle cells on a scaffold made out of gelatin.

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