Author: James Hague, Senior Lecturer (in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Biophysics), The Open University

Lab-grown meat causes heated debates. Proponents see benefits for the climate and animal welfare. Opponents worry about a Frankenstein food they regard as risky and unnatural. Whatever your opinion, the technology underpinning cultivated meat is moving fast to create large pieces of muscle tissue. The fact that artificial meat starts as a living tissue means […]