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Letter: Producing meat in plants seems a much better bet

Published 2 August 2023

From Keith Walters, Sydney, Australia

I have always believed that genetically engineering plants to produce analogues of animal-sourced protein is going to be far more viable than trying to grow actual animal tissue (8 July, p 17).

Culturing tissue requires a huge variety of nutrients (many of them currently sourced from animals) and has to be carried out in an ultra-sterile environment.

Issue no. 3450 published 5 August 2023

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