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The Future (and Challenges) of Lab-Grown Meat

Lab-grown, or cultivated, meat promises to deliver us from the pitfalls of modern meat production, but it’s still an emerging industry with lots of technical challenges. As a result, cultivated meat products are still exorbitantly expensive. What will it take to make them affordable?

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