date:Jul 10, 2015
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Brooklyn-based startup Modern Meadow is developing an edible cultured meat prototype along with bioengineered leather products, which do not require animal slaughter. The company has funding from tech venture firms Sequoia Capital and Artis Ventures.
This is bio-fabrication, where cells themselves can be used to grow biological products like tissues and organs, said Andras Forgacs, chief executive of the firm, at a recent TED conference.
Perhaps biofabrication is a natural evolution of ma