US: Scientists raised cellular beef on spinach

The Boston-based researchers used spinach as the basis for the cultivation of cultured beef. This will help increase laboratory meat production to meet growing demand, New Food Magazine reports. Cost-effective and environmentally friendly spinach provided an edible base on which a team of researchers led by a Boston College engineer grew meat cells. Deprived of everything but a vein skeleton, spinach leaves have successfully served as an edible substrate for animal protein in cattle, according to Boston College engineering professor Glenn Godette, lead author of the study. To do this, scientists removed plant cells from a spinach leaf and used the remaining vascular base to grow isolated precursor cells of real meat. It is noted that the cells remained viable for up to 14 days and differentiated into muscle mass. N.B. Forecast: Meat and dairy industries will collapse by 2030 Godette says that growing muscle cells requires anchoring. In the lab, scientists use plastic plates for ...