Secrets and pies: the battle to get lab-grown meat on the menu

Sustainable alternatives to livestock farming are being held back by patents, a reluctance to share research and lack of government supportNot a week goes by without Elliot Swartz receiving at least one request from researchers asking him where they can find cell lines (a cell culture developed from a single cell) for use in cellular agriculture – an essential tool for creating lab-grown meat. “One of the most important things that cell lines offer is that they enable researchers to