PayPal founder bankrolls 3-D printed meat
Monday, August 20, 2012 - 01:50
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) -- A Missouri-based company may have an impact on environmental issues raised by nations of meat-eaters and populations bearing the brunt of world hunger with an alternative, bioprinted meat. According to the company, Modern Meadow, creating a strip of edible porcine tissue using print-based tissue engineering approach is scaffold-free, in that it does not rely on artificial material to form the desired structure. The company founders aspire to develop lab-grown meat as a source of animal protein and to benefit from a technology with great market potential. The company, aptly named Modern Meadow, is founded by Gabor Forgacs and Andras Forgacs.