How Isha’s Paper Helped Launch the Cultured Meat Industry

Exactly ten years later, the story of the paper that started it all

New Harvest
Jan 10, 2020 · 8 min read

by Rachel Nuwer

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Ten years ago, cultured meat seemed like the stuff of science fiction. The idea of growing meat outside an animal’s body existed only in the minds of a few niche visionaries scattered around the world. There were…

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