Cultivated
Fermentation
Growth factors from conditioned cell culture media
Rather than relying on recombinant growth factors, cultivated meat companies could use conditioned media from animal cells producing high levels of these molecules.
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Cultivated
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Fermentation
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Description
Rather than relying on purified recombinant growth factors, cultivated meat companies could use conditioned media from animal cells that produce high levels of these molecules. Ideally, this would require minimal downstream processing or purification if the conditioned media is compatible with cultivated meat cells’ needs and contains few or no undesirable cellular waste products. Further research either in academia or industry will be needed to assess the practical feasibility of this strategy, and supplying either conditioning cells or conditioned media could ultimately constitute a B2B opportunity.
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