World’s first plant-based Zika vaccine developed at Arizona Sate
In Arizona, the world’s first plant-based Zika vaccine that could be more potent, safer and cheaper to produce than any other efforts to date...
Cinnamon makes fat cells burn energy
In Michigan, University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute researchers found that the essential oil that flavors cinnamon, cinnamaldehyde, improves metabolic health by acting directly...
Dream job alert: Lab-grown meat startup recruiting bacon taste testers
In California, start-up Mission Barns is looking for 100 bacon lovers to do curbside taste tests of its lab-grown meat.
The taste tests will be...
Inside scoop: Unilever set to launch chocolate ice cream enabled by precision fermentation
In London, Breyers will soon introduce a chocolate ice cream that replaces lactose with a whey protein produced by precision fermentation. The new offering...
Emulate to qualify Organs-on-Chips as toxicology testing platforms
In Massachusetts, Emulate, Inc. entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Foods and Veterinary...
EU earmarks €50 Million for precision fermentation
In Europe, the European Innovation Council Work Programme 2024 will provide €50 million in aid to startups and small businesses scaling alternative protein production,...
Mushroom stem preservative uses ag waste to prevent food waste
In Canada, a company extracting food preservatives from mushrooms has increased production to meet growing consumer demand for natural food additives.
Chinova Bioworks has added...
Nutritious single-cell protein made from electricity and carbon dioxide
In Finland, using electricity and carbon dioxide, Lappeenranta University of Technology and VTT Technical Research Centre researchers created a batch of single-cell protein that...
New proprietary stevia leaf has twenty times more sugar-like steviol glycosides than other varieties
In Malaysia, PureCircle announced the successful production of the first stevia leaf extract from the new, proprietary stevia leaf – StarLeaf stevia. StarLeaf stevia...
How the (new) sausage is made: Children’s book aims to educate about cellular ag
In Germany, a children’s book is explaining the benefits of cellular agriculture in the hopes that future generations will eschew resource-intensive animal farming in...