Scientists grow meat from immortal stem cells to provide a potentially unlimited supply
To feed millions of people successfully, cellular agriculture – a technique which grows meat in bioreactors – must overcome numerous technological obstacles. It will be necessary to produce millions of tons of muscle cells each year from chickens, fish, cows and other sources.
Researchers at Tufts’ Center for Cellular Agric (TUCCA), have taken a step forward in achieving this goal by creating immortalized bovine muscles stem cells (iBSCs). These cells have a high growth rate, and can divide hundreds of time, possibly even indefinitely. This increases the possibility for large-scale production.
Researchers and companies can now develop and access new products, without needing to continually source cells from animal biopsies, thanks to this breakthrough, which was described in ACS Synthetic Biology.
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Potentially Unlimited Supply – Scientists Grow Meat From Immortal Stem Cells
