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Cell cultures are often grown in petri dishes. Wladimir Bulgar/Science Photo Library via Getty Images

Lab‑grown meat techniques aren’t new – cell cultures are common tools in science, but bringing them up to scale to meet society’s demand for meat will require further development

André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology

Cell cultures are common tools in biology and drug development. Bringing them up to scale to meet the meat needs of societies will require further development.
The lung-on-a-chip can mimic both the physical and mechanical qualities of a human lung. Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University/Flickr

Organ‑on‑a‑chip models allow researchers to conduct studies closer to real‑life conditions – and possibly grease the drug development pipeline

Chengpeng Chen, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Successes in the lab mostly don’t translate to people. Research models that better mimic the human body could close the gap.
Isolated pancreas cells stained bright green are shown sitting in the wells of the transport “egg carton”. Aurelien Forget

We’ve made ‘smart egg‑cartons’ to transport cells to cure diabetes

Aurelien Forget, Queensland University of Technology; Darling Rojas-Canales, University of Adelaide, and Tim Dargaville, Queensland University of Technology

Doctors can treat diabetes by transplanting cells from the pancreas of a donor to the patient. But many of the crucial cells die - a better way to store and transport them can help.

Related Topics

  1. Animal models
  2. Basic research
  3. Biomedical research
  4. Cell-cultured meat
  5. Cells
  6. Drug development
  7. Lab-grown meat
  8. Meat alternatives
  9. Organ-on-a-chip

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