As seafood demand soars and the ocean is denuded of fish, plant-based salmon offers sustainable path forward

As seafood demand soars and the ocean is denuded of fish, plant-based salmon offers sustainable path forward

Nazimi Açıkgöz | 
It is estimated that by 2050 demand for food overall will increase by 70% , while seafood demand will increase ...
Perspectives on cultured meat: Differences driven by ethics, education, ethics and views on how to address climate change

Perspectives on cultured meat: Differences driven by ethics, education, ethics and views on how to address climate change

Conor Friedersdorf | 
Last week I asked, “What do you think about meat grown in a lab? Would you eat it? Will your ...
Using synthetic biology to rewire T-cells to fight cancer

Using synthetic biology to rewire T-cells to fight cancer

Heidi Ledford | 
With a slew of tools to trick out immune cells, researchers are expanding the repertoire of CAR-T therapies ...
Viewpoint: ‘40% of all crops grown are lost to pests and disease' — That’s we need regulatory reform and automation to promote gene editing

Viewpoint: ‘40% of all crops grown are lost to pests and disease’ — That’s we need regulatory reform and automation to promote gene editing

Sonia Jassi | 
With between 20 and 40% of all crops grown being lost to pests and diseases, the UK agriculture industry could ...
Meat made from milk? Dairy-based alternative 'meats' may soon be on the menu

Meat made from milk? Dairy-based alternative ‘meats’ may soon be on the menu

Here comes the new field of “dairy-based meat.” Meats made from all natural milk. One of the most nutritious materials ...
Cellular agriculture: WIll synthetically-developed coffee, cultured meat and bioreactor-based dairy soften impacts of climate change, as supporters claim?

Cellular agriculture: WIll synthetically-developed coffee, cultured meat and bioreactor-based dairy soften impacts of climate change, as supporters claim?

Cellular agriculture is committed to producing agricultural foods using a combination of synthetic biology, biotechnology, molecular biology and tissue engineering ...
‘Like turning a golf ball into string’: Making meat substitutes is not easy

‘Like turning a golf ball into string’: Making meat substitutes is not easy

Bob Holmes | 
If you’re an environmentally aware meat-eater, you probably carry at least a little guilt to the dinner table. The meat ...
Food waste revolution? How upcycled garbage can help build a more sustainable future

Food waste revolution? How upcycled garbage can help build a more sustainable future

Daphne Ng | 
Edible by-products from food manufacturing are a potential resource that can be tapped to sustainably increase food supply, reduce obesity ...
‘Making sci-fi a reality’: CRISPR gene editing can dramatically lower cost of cell-based  lab-grown meat

‘Making sci-fi a reality’: CRISPR gene editing can dramatically lower cost of cell-based lab-grown meat

Larissa Zimberoff | 
Most companies are trying to create lab-grown meat with little to no genetic engineering, which despite shifts in attitude is ...
Everything you need to know about lab-created, climate-friendly cultivated meat

Everything you need to know about lab-created, climate-friendly cultivated meat

Ane Mestvedthagen | 
Cultivated meat is known under many names: cultured meat, synthetic meat, slaughter-free meat, and lab-grown meat, to name a few ...
How cultured seafood can transition from 'technological delicacy’ into a sustainable protein source

How cultured seafood can transition from ‘technological delicacy’ into a sustainable protein source

Kenny Torrella | 
Startups like BlueNalu and Wildtype have their sights set on first cracking into the high-end sushi market, with hopes of ...
Sustainable metrics: How much carbon, land and energy does your dinner require?

Sustainable metrics: How much carbon, land and energy does your dinner require?

Isabelle Gerretsen | 
So, what would a protein-rich, low-carbon diet really look like? Just how bad for the climate are meat and dairy? ...
How a genetic tweak boosted ethanol production and serendipitously yielded beef and dairy sustainability benefits

How a genetic tweak boosted ethanol production and serendipitously yielded beef and dairy sustainability benefits

Steve Savage | 
Enogen corn was developed using genetic engineering to add a gene for the enzyme alpha amylase which breaks down starch ...
80% of US consumers are willing to try lab grown, cell-cultured meat

80% of US consumers are willing to try lab grown, cell-cultured meat

Sarah Garone | 
“Farm-to-table” has long been a sought-after designation for food—but “lab-to-table” might be the next trend for your favorite animal protein ...
Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind reduce local populations by up to 96%, study shows

Mosquitoes genetically engineered to kill off their own kind reduce local populations by up to 96%, study shows

Emily Mullin | 
In the Brazilian city of Indaiatuba, an effort is underway to eliminate Aedes aegypti mosquitoes before they have a chance ...
An alternative to harvesting environmentally-destructive palm oil? Here’s a biotech solution using soybeans

An alternative to harvesting environmentally-destructive palm oil? Here’s a biotech solution using soybeans

Benjamin Ferrer | 
Plant-based synthetic biology continues to play a role in novel ingredient discovery, which ultimately helps alleviate global food chains from ...
Beyond the ‘yuck factor’: Precision fermentation of bacteria could dramatically soften environmental footprint of livestock-linked food production

Beyond the ‘yuck factor’: Precision fermentation of bacteria could dramatically soften environmental footprint of livestock-linked food production

George Monbiot | 
Precision fermentation is a refined form of brewing, a means of multiplying microbes to create specific products. It has been ...
Naturally saffron-flavored rice? Here’s how scientists are using genetically modified tobacco and lemon to recreate the world’s most expensive spice

Naturally saffron-flavored rice? Here’s how scientists are using genetically modified tobacco and lemon to recreate the world’s most expensive spice

Ricki Lewis | 
Biotechnology mass-produces valuable molecules from nature, from drugs to textiles to a jellyfish protein that lights up most anything a ...
How to scale up lab-grown meat? Scientists ‘zap animal cells with a magnet’

How to scale up lab-grown meat? Scientists ‘zap animal cells with a magnet’

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a novel way of growing cell-based meat by zapping animal ...
'Critical milestone': FDA greenlights cellular chicken — first lab-grown meat — for US market

‘Critical milestone’: FDA greenlights cellular chicken — first lab-grown meat — for US market

Laura Reiley | 
The Food and Drug Administration on [November 16] declared a lab-grown meat product developed by a California start-up to be ...
Slaughter-free, climate-friendly cultured meat on the horizon

Slaughter-free, climate-friendly cultured meat on the horizon

Allison Aubrey | 
Imagine a way to produce meat without slaughtering animals. Instead of raising livestock on farms, Uma Valeti, a cardiologist, and ...
Singapore – the first country to approve the sale of cultivated meat – has become the epicenter of alternative protein innovation. Here’s how

Singapore – the first country to approve the sale of cultivated meat – has become the epicenter of alternative protein innovation. Here’s how

Donna Lu | 
Singapore became the first country to approve the commercial sale of a protein grown “out of thin air”, according to its ...
UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization weighs in on the regulation of cell-based foods

UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization weighs in on the regulation of cell-based foods

Bailee Henderson | 
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has turned its attention to cell-based foods (also known as ...
Podcast: How lab-grown fish can save Alaska’s threatened wild salmon stocks

Podcast: How lab-grown fish can save Alaska’s threatened wild salmon stocks

Tash Kimmell | 
Although wild salmon remains one of Alaska’s most lucrative seafood industries, it’s also one of the state’s most vulnerable, as ...
'Hybrid meat': Will consumers embrace food made of both cultivated meat and plant-based protein?

‘Hybrid meat’: Will consumers embrace food made of both cultivated meat and plant-based protein?

Kenny Torrella | 
In much the same way that hybrid vehicles acted as a bridge between the electric vehicle experimentation of the 1970s ...
Why sustainably-produced lab-grown meat might be a pipe dream

Why sustainably-produced lab-grown meat might be a pipe dream

Jessica Hamzelou | 
The first lab-grown burger cost around $330,000 to make in 2013. Prices have dropped since then, but not to the ...
86% positive: Cultivated meat gains support from top American chefs

86% positive: Cultivated meat gains support from top American chefs

Reyna Estrada | 
A survey from food-tech company SuperMeat found that 86% of American chefs are interested in serving cultivated meat. Concerns for the ...
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