National University of Singapore (NUS) food scientists have developed a simple and scalable method for culturing pork fat tissue using protein scaffolds made from secalin, a protein extracted from rye ...

Sustained government support and transparent scientific research, such as USDA’s landmark grant to Tufts University’s National Institute for Cellular Agriculture program, can energize cellular ...

Cellular agriculture stands poised to redefine our understanding of sustainability and efficiency. The capacity to utilize cells as machines earmarks the dawn of a new industrial revolution. At its ...

After years of enthusiasm around alternative proteins, cellular agriculture startups are facing a far more sobering capital environment. Venture funding has tightened sharply, exits remain elusive and ...

Would you eat lab-grown meat? Would you give the same answer if someone asked you to use a beauty product that had lab-grown collagen as an ingredient? The rise of cellular agriculture hasn’t been ...

Senior Adham Ali has always loved food. “I grew up in an immigrant household, and it was always really hard to connect with my culture in general, especially growing up in the US,” Ali said. “But I ...

With climate change threatening the future supply of cocoa, could cellular agriculture offer a solution? Israeli start-up Kokomodo thinks it can, and is emerging from stealth mode to prove it.

Legislators who seek to reduce our greenhouse-gas emissions should support increased public funding for cultivated-meat research. For those who don’t know, cultivated meat is grown from livestock ...

Tufts seniors Olivia Calkins and Adham Ali have conducted research in the Kaplan Lab, held summer internships that exposed them to aspects of the industry, and co-founded the Tufts chapter of the Alt ...

This article examines how cultivated fat has the potential to bridge the gap between plant-based analogs and authentic animal tissue.

BOSTON (WPRI) — Imagine eating a hamburger made from real beef — but no one killed a cow to make it. That may soon become a reality, thanks to researchers at Tufts University. The science behind the ...