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Comment by srean | original | For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides
[−]srean · 2026-07-01 Wed 16:32 UTC · link
Waiting for lab-grown meat. Hope it comes closer to fruition before my kidneys give out.
[−]DesiLurker · 2026-07-01 Wed 16:43 UTC · link
let me put it this way .. it will come before the wallet gives out! (for masses)
[−]dehrmann · 2026-07-01 Wed 17:02 UTC · link
There are multiple FDA-approved lab-grown meats on the market. You can literally go to a handful of restaurants and order lab-grown meat today. The production process is just expensive and it's getting scaled out.
[−]srean · 2026-07-01 Wed 17:05 UTC · link
Yes. It's still quite a distance away from a feel and taste of meat. At least the affordable ones.
[−]adrianN · 2026-07-01 Wed 17:03 UTC · link
Lab-grown meat seems completely unrelated to synthetic biology. For lab grown meat the problem to my knowledge is that it is very expensive to grow vertebrate cells in the absence of an immune system because every contamination kills the batch.