Sizzling interest in lab-grown meat belies lack of basic research
Elie Dolgin • February 6, 2019
'Clean meat’ firms have drawn tens of millions of dollars in investment in recent years, but technical hurdles remain.
Private investment in lab-grown meat is soaring as companies chase the promise of boundless — and delicious — nuggets, steaks and burgers cultured in vitro rather than reared on the hoof.
In response to cellular stress, proteins become ensnared in chemical traffic jams, creating a kind of widespread sluggishness scientists call “proteolethargy.”
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