PIO cardiologist dishes up meat from cells in lab

The culture meat will help arrest large scale slaughtering of animals, said Uma S Valeti, a Andhra-born cardiologist who says he grew up in a meat-eating family. 

Hoping to go in for large scale commercialisation by selling meat grown from animal cells in the next few years, Valeti said, “It is sustainable as well as cruelty free,” Co-founder of Memphis Meats, Valeti who has recently received venture capital funding, said, “We are growing meat which is safer, healthier, moresustainable,” Valeti said.  

For developing this unique variety of meat, scientists took identified cells from the targeted animal that are capable of renewing themselves. These cells are then provided with oxygen and nutrients such as sugars and minerals, and the meat harvested between nine and 21 days. 

The team is working on beef, pork and chicken, the three popular meats. They hope to retain in three years time.