Dr. Shikha Thakur’s Blog on Microbiology & Forest Pathology

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Tissue engineering specialists at the University of Bath are developing animal cells on blades of grass because they play their part in assisting the UK o to understand how to effectively scale up production of cultured meat. To create cultured or lab-grown meat, then a biopsy is obtained from an animal like a or cow then stem cells with that sample are set in a bioreactor in a lab, where they're fed a solution of sugar, amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. The mixture of nutrients and cells in particular conditions will allow the cells to develop into mature muscle cells which can form cultured meat. Meat-eaters can soon get slaughter-free meat products if this process can be scaled to an industrial level. The present feel of cultured meat which makes it best suited to sausages and burgers. But, it is estimated that products like steak and bacon rashers will likely be developed in the future. Directed by Dr. Marianne Ellis, the UK's leading expert in this subject...