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Cultivated (lab-grown) meat: uses in research

Also: cultured meat, cell-based meat

Cultivated meat is grown from animal cells instead of raised animals. The first lab-grown burger was tasted in 2013.

Readiness: lab lab studies · prototype demonstrated objects · commercial products or buildings in real use · review summaries of other studies.

food science

review food science 2012

Cultured meat from stem cells

Mark Post, who led the first cultured burger, reviewed the challenges and prospects of growing meat from muscle stem cells.

As reported in: Post (2012). Cultured meat from stem cells: Challenges and prospects. Meat Science. doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.04.008

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review food science 2018

Bringing cultured meat to market

Stephens and colleagues reviewed technical, social and regulatory challenges for cultured meat.

As reported in: Stephens, Di Silvio, Dunsford et al. (2018). Bringing cultured meat to market: Technical, socio-political, and regulatory challenges in cellular agriculture. Trends in Food Science & Technology. doi:10.1016/j.tifs.2018.04.010

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lab food science 2021

Wagyu-like whole cut meat

Kang and colleagues assembled cultured muscle, fat and blood vessel fibers into a small steak-like tissue using bioprinting.

Built / tested: cultured meat cut

As reported in: Kang, Louis, Liu et al. (2021). Engineered whole cut meat-like tissue by the assembly of cell fibers using tendon-gel integrated bioprinting. Nature Communications. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25236-9

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