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Would you eat 'meat' from a lab? Consumers aren't necessarily sold on 'cultured meat'

  • Written by Walter Johnson, JD Candidate, Arizona State University
Interested in a juicy burger grown in the lab?Oliver Sjöström/Unsplash, CC BY

It’s been a busy summer for food-based biotech. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration made headlines when it approved the plant-based “Impossible Burger,” which relies on an ingredient from genetically modified yeast for its meaty taste. The...

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