Cellular agriculture—the production of meat from cells grown in bioreactors rather than harvested from farm animals—is taking leaps in technology that are making it a more viable option for the food industry. One such leap has now been made at the Tufts University Center for Cellular Agriculture (TUCCA), led by David Kaplan, Stern Family Professor of Engineering, in which researchers have created bovine (beef) muscle cells that produce their own growth factors, a step that can significantly cut costs of production.
How is lab grown meat going to give cancer to cows?
Cancer is when the body’s cells stop listening to regulation - e.g. they grow despite being told to not grow.
Although in this case, I guess the whole thing inside the bioreactor basically flat-out is cancer.
It might be okay though, if they grow vaguely like cancer grows, but more like regulated cells do?