New Cells from Kaplan Lab Could Drastically Reduce Cultivated Meat Costs

A significant breakthrough from the Kaplan Lab promises to dramatically reduce the cost of cultivated meat, as detailed in a recent publication in Cell Reports Sustainability. The research, led by first author and former Kaplan Lab PhD student Dr. Andrew Stout, engineered bovine muscle cells to produce their own growth factors, eliminating the most expensive component of the cell culture media. Now the Director of Science at the Tufts Cellular Agriculture Commercialization Lab, Dr. Stout’s work represents a major step towards making cultivated meat an affordable and accessible food source. To learn more, check out the articles below!

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Cultivated Meat Production Costs Could Fall Significantly with New Cells Created at Tufts (Tufts Now)

Engineered autocrine signaling eliminates muscle cell FGF2 requirements for cultured meat production (Cell Reports Sustainability)