Meatable can now transform cultivated cells into sausages in a record four days
tech.eu
Meatable can transform pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) into high-quality fat and muscle tissue in a record four days, down from eight days, a faster process than any in the industry.
  • emmanuel_car@kbin.social
    4·
    6 months ago

    That’s pretty incredible, with no noticeable degradation between replications? I know very little about stem cell cultures.

    • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      There’d have to be some degradation over time. Unless they’re repairing the DNA using computerized backups or something.

      • Kata1yst@kbin.social
        7·
        6 months ago

        The stem cells themselves are self-repairing and self replicating. Quoting Wikipedia:

        Due to the self-renewal capacity of stem cells, a stem cell line can be cultured in vitro indefinitely.

        Currently all embryonic stem cell research and therapies in the US are conducted using only 486 cultures.