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Making meat in a lab

How meat grown in labs could reduce our environmental impact.

Imagine if the meat we ate was all grown in shiny silver vats, with no animals harmed in the process.

That’s the vision of start-ups around the world, each trying to perfect lab-grown or cultured meat.

It’s a huge challenge in bioengineering to make it work at a cheap enough price. But there are big benefits for the planet if they can pull it off.

Presented by Amy Elizabeth
Produced by Amy Elizabeth and Tom Colls

Image: Lab-grown meat produced by Memphis Meat

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23 minutes

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Tue 15 Dec 2020 23:06GMT

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