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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.

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  1. 2012 Cultured meat from stem cells
  2. 2018 Bringing cultured meat to market
  3. 2021 Wagyu-like whole cut meat

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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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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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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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