UK: Researcher explores Christmas dinners of the future with lab-grown meat

Christmas Dinners are one of the UK's most cherished traditions, and Christmas menus have evolved greatly over the years. Today, turkey is the typical meat of choice; going back 500 years, it was beef, venison, and wild boar in Henry VIII's festive feasts. Looking to the future, researchers at the University of Warwick think that lab-grown meat, or cultivated meat, might end up being the centerpiece on our Christmas tables.Dr. Radu Cimpeanu is a theoretical mathematician from the University of Warwick who works on the development of computational models to optimize the early stages of lab-grown meat production.Dr. Cimpeanu explains, "Cultivated meat, or cultured meat, is genuine animal meat that is produced by cultivating animal cells directly. For example, cultivated turkey cells can replicate the sensory and nutritional profiles of conventional meat.""It does have many advantages, including reducing the harmful climate impacts of our food system, decreasing the risk of disease ...