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Muscles made from cow cells could make lab-grown burgers better (ethz.ch)

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The title is still off.

The breakthrough is about using a "three-molecule cocktail" to grow functional cow muscle with thick fibers whereas previous methods could only grow thin fibers. The lab can grow meat that more closely resemble regular beef because the cells differentiate better, producing other necessary proteins that allows it to contract using those fibers for support.

Crazy that this finding comes from basic research into muscle diseases in rats.