The cultivation of thick muscle fibres from bovine cells in the lab has long been a challenge for scientists. Researchers from ETH Zurich have now successfully tackled this issue – with the goal of one day producing edible meat.
The breakthrough is about using a “three-molecule cocktail” to grow functional cow muscle with thick fibers whereas previous methods could only grow thin fibers. The lab can grow meat that more closely resemble regular beef because the cells differentiate better, producing other necessary proteins that allows it to contract using those fibers for support.
Crazy that this finding comes from basic research into muscle diseases in rats.
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The breakthrough is about using a “three-molecule cocktail” to grow functional cow muscle with thick fibers whereas previous methods could only grow thin fibers. The lab can grow meat that more closely resemble regular beef because the cells differentiate better, producing other necessary proteins that allows it to contract using those fibers for support.
Crazy that this finding comes from basic research into muscle diseases in rats.