What is artificial meat in space?

65438+1On October 7, Israeli biotechnology startup Alephofarms announced that it had conducted a joint experiment on the International Space Station on September 26, and successfully cultivated the first artificial meat in the universe by using a 3D bio-printer. What is artificial meat in the universe? Let Bian Xiao, the muscle head, answer for you!

The experiment was carried out by AlephFarms in cooperation with Russian biological science and technology laboratory 3 DBioprinting Solutions and two American companies. After being sent to the International Space Station, bovine cells were cultured into small muscle tissues of traditional meat with a 3D bio-printer in microgravity.

AlephFarms co-founder and CEODidierToubia said that experiments in the universe show that meat can be produced under the worst conditions, which means anytime, anywhere. Our vision is to protect natural resources and ensure food security for future generations. Now we have taken the first step.

AlephFarms, founded on 20 17, advocates no slaughter of meat, that is, no slaughter of animals, providing meat products with the same taste and texture. The company mainly separates beef cells from cattle through science and technology, cultivates them in the laboratory, and arranges and replicates cell tissues with 3D cloning technology to form a muscle structure similar to traditional meat.

2065438+February 2008, AlephFarms published the first edible artificial steak cultivated by 3D culture technology. At present, the company has raised nearly13 million USD, with investors including investment companies NewCropCapital, VisViresNewProtein and American grain and oil giant Cargill.

It is worth mentioning that BeyondMeat, an American artificial meat company, went public on NASDAQ on May 3, and rose by 1.63% on the first day, which created the best performance of American companies on the first day of IPO since the 20th century and promoted the surge of artificial meat concept stocks in the A-share market in mid-May. After that, many A-share listed companies entered the field of artificial meat, mostly using vegetable protein meat technology.

At present, there are mainly two kinds of artificial meat in the world. One is vegetable meat like BeyondMeat and Impossible Foods, which uses pea protein, soybean, wheat, potato and vegetable oil to restore the texture and taste of animal meat. The latter extracts muscle tissue from animals like Alephofarms and then puts it in a bioreactor for culture.