Turkish university working on solutions to reduce price of artificial meat


Published 27 Feb,2021 via Hürriyet Daily News - An institute affiliated to a Turkish university is developing a reasonable-priced solution to be used in artificial meat production as the world has been working on alternative protein sources due to growing population and dwindling resources.

While it is possible to produce “clean meat” in laboratories using one or two centimeter-sized biopsies taken from animals without killing them, a study that may lower the price of artificial meat is being carried out at the Stem Cell Institute of Ankara University.

Can Akçalı, the vice chairman of the institute, and his team have reached profound stages in their ongoing efforts to make stem cell meat production affordable.

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