Scientists Genetically Modify Plants to Grow Meat Protein

Image: Barley Meatballs. Futurism. Article by Victor Tangermann. Futurism – The_Byte. – October 12, 2021.

“The population is rising and we have to feed all of the people.”

Protein Seeds

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Researchers in Iceland are growing over 100,000 genetically modified barley plants inside a greenhouse for a very unusual purpose: creating lab-grown meat, the BBC reports. The altered barley gets harvested and purified to extract “growth factor” proteins, which, in turn, can be used to cultivate lab-grown meat […]

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