One of the biggest barriers to commercializing cultivated meat is the cost of the growth factors needed to grow animal cells at scale. Iceland’s ORF Genetics is tackling that challenge with genetically engineered barley that acts as a low-cost “protein factory” for producing these key ingredients.
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How this barley helps grow meat without feeding animals
An Icelandic company is using genetically engineered barley to produce the animal growth factors needed to make cultivated meat products.