China is accelerating commercialisation of higher-yielding genetically modified (GM) crops as part of its efforts to improve agricultural efficiency amid Beijing’s food security push.
Cultivated meat needs growth factors in order for its cells to grow. These are usually added to the cell culture media at considerable expense, impacting potential for commercialisation. New research, however, has shown that edited bovine cells can produce their own growth factors, eliminating the need for costly additions to the media.