Astronauts successfully grow meat in space for the first time using biotechnology
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Astronauts successfully grow meat in space for the first time using biotechnology
In a major step towards sustainable food and eco-friendly meat production, astronauts were able to produce beef at the International Space Station. In the recent shared experiment.
Aleph Farms (Israel), 3D Bioprinting Solutions (Russia), Meal Source Technologies (USA), and Finals Foods (USA), 339 km from any natural resources, met to grow the first piece of meat grown using biotechnology.
Aleph Farms announced this week that it has taken "a small step for man and a big leap for mankind" because it succeeded in producing meat for the first time on the International Space Station, in cooperation with many international companies.
Co-founded the food technology incubator The Kitchen, with its ambition to provide unconditional access to safe and nutritious meat on the ground, using minimal resources.
This achievement was achieved by researchers who take cells from a cow and provide them with nutrients in a controlled environment that mimics the regeneration of muscle tissue that occurs within the animal's body. Cells then proliferate and connective muscle tissue grows until they eventually become a full-size steak.
Aleph Farms said in a press release that the operation took place on September 26 in the Russian part of the International Space Station, where they assembled "small muscle tissue in a three-dimensional dynamic network developed by 3D Bioprinting Solutions, under conditions of microgravity."
Although space-farmed meat is not yet ready for mass production, 3D Bioprinting Solutions could increase to meet the nutritional needs of astronauts during long-term manned space missions and “enhance the capacity to produce scalable farmed meat on the ground.”
Aleph Farms says its products are likely to be commercially available in the next three to four years.
In a major step towards sustainable food and eco-friendly meat production, astronauts were able to produce beef at the International Space Station. In the recent shared experiment.
Aleph Farms (Israel), 3D Bioprinting Solutions (Russia), Meal Source Technologies (USA), and Finals Foods (USA), 339 km from any natural resources, met to grow the first piece of meat grown using biotechnology.
Aleph Farms announced this week that it has taken "a small step for man and a big leap for mankind" because it succeeded in producing meat for the first time on the International Space Station, in cooperation with many international companies.
Co-founded the food technology incubator The Kitchen, with its ambition to provide unconditional access to safe and nutritious meat on the ground, using minimal resources.
This achievement was achieved by researchers who take cells from a cow and provide them with nutrients in a controlled environment that mimics the regeneration of muscle tissue that occurs within the animal's body. Cells then proliferate and connective muscle tissue grows until they eventually become a full-size steak.
Aleph Farms said in a press release that the operation took place on September 26 in the Russian part of the International Space Station, where they assembled "small muscle tissue in a three-dimensional dynamic network developed by 3D Bioprinting Solutions, under conditions of microgravity."
Although space-farmed meat is not yet ready for mass production, 3D Bioprinting Solutions could increase to meet the nutritional needs of astronauts during long-term manned space missions and “enhance the capacity to produce scalable farmed meat on the ground.”
Aleph Farms says its products are likely to be commercially available in the next three to four years.
