Geminiviruses are pathogens that kill off crops such as beans, cotton and cassava plants. Past efforts to breed plants that are resistant to infection have not been successful. One potential method for making plants...
adminMolecules in Bee Jelly Could Protect Whole Nests Against Viruses for Generations
Honeybees don’t just give us honey. As the dominant pollinators of lots of food crops, around a third of our diet depends on them doing their job. In the last decade though, there has been an unprecedented epidemic of...
Israeli Startup Raises €11M to Become the First to Sell Lab-Grown Steaks
Aleph Farms is the first company to have created a lab-grown beef steak, which was publicly tasted last December. With the money raised, the company aims to build ‘bio-farms’ similar to dairy facilities that will grow...
First Eco-Friendly Treatment Stops Fungal Crop Disease
Rust is a plant disease caused by fungi that is very hard to treat. Although chemical fungicides can be used against it, these are often expensive and harmful to other organisms, including humans. Biocontrol treatments...
Engineered Crop Plants Produce Fat Molecules for Formula Milk
The scientists modified the way a type of oilseed plant generates fat molecules by introducing a mutation that changed the location within the cell of an enzyme responsible for processing fat. As a result, over 70% of...
Israeli Biotech 3D Prints the First Beef Steak in Space
The Israeli biotech’s experiment is the first proof that meat can be grown in outer space. Aleph Farms created the meat using a 3D bioprinter developed by the Russian company 3D Bioprinting Solutions. The experiment has...
EU Court Ushers in the Use of Phages Against Listeria in Food
Bacteriophages, or phages for short, are viruses that only kill specific bacterial strains and are harmless to humans. This makes them a promising alternative to antibiotics for the prevention of pathogens growing in...
Dutch Startup Gets €9M to Create First Lab-Grown Pork Prototype
The fundraising was led by the German VC BlueYard Capital, which had participated in Meatable’s previous €3M round last year. New investors include business angels Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures and Taavel...
German Startup Raises €4M Seed Round to Make Dairy Cheese Without Milk
The fundraising was co-led by food tech investor Agronomics and M Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Merck. CPT Capital, an investor in alternative proteins, also participated in the round. Founded in 2019...
You Will Be Eating Lab-Grown Meat Soon: Here’s What You Need to Know
As you eat your next meal, take a moment to consider that in a couple years, your food might be served with meat that has not been taken from an animal. During the past couple of years, the field of cultured meat has...
