30 March 2025
Global agri-food-tech investment shrinks as sector enters new growth phase
The global agri-food-tech sector has seen a steep decline in investment, with funding plummeting by 73% from its 2021 peak, according to...
19 March 2025
Start-up spotlight: Bright Biotech
In this ‘Start-up Spotlight,’ we speak with Mohammad Khalil El Hajj, CEO of Bright Biotech, a firm pioneering the use of plant chloroplasts.
7 March 2025
Discovery of synthetic growth factor offers promising alternative for cell culture applications
Researchers have found that guanylhydrazone-based small molecule TCB-32 could serve as an alternative to basic fibroblast growth factors.
18 February 2025
The Cultivated B unveils cost-effective FGFR1 agonists to enhance cell growth
The Cultivated B has advanced cell culture tech by discovering a new class of FGFR1 agonists that mimic bFGF effects on cell proliferation.
9 December 2024
Multus launches animal component-free FBS alternative
British start-up Multus has introduced Proliferum B, a new animal component-free cell culture media designed for the cultivated meat sector.
3 October 2024
Cocoon Bioscience opens plant to produce recombinant proteins in cocoons
Spanish biotech firm Cocoon Bioscience has inaugurated its new plant at the Bizkaia Technology Park in Derio, Spain.
16 July 2024
Cult Food Science's Unicorn Biotechnologies unveils non-GMO cell line, secures commercial partnership
Cult Food Science is celebrating the recent achievements of its venture arm company, Unicorn Biotechnologies.
4 June 2024
Finnish researchers develop tech to produce cultured meat without growth factors
Researchers at the University of Helsinki’s HiLIFE have developed a method to produce cultivated meat that does not rely on growth factors.
2 February 2024
Wheat protein could act as scaffold for cell-based meat, study finds
A study has investigated the potential of non-allergenic wheat protein glutenin to act as a scaffold in the production of cell-based meat.
29 January 2024
Cell-based meat production costs could fall significantly with new tech
Researchers at TUCCAhave created bovine muscle cells that produce their own growth factors, a step that can significantly cut costs.
19 January 2024
Multus opens “world’s first” FSSC-22000-certified growth media production facility
Multus opens “world’s first” growth media production facility, capable of supporting the annual production of 500,000 kg of cell-based meat.
18 January 2024
ProFuse Technology unveils new media supplement ProFuse-S1
ProFuse has launched a media supplement engineered to accelerate and enhance skeletal muscle research across the cell-based meat sector.
13 December 2023
New Wave Biotech and Multus collaborate using AI to transform food production
New Wave Biotech and Multus are partnering to scale the production of cell-based meat more quickly and effectively using AI technology.
2 November 2023
Steakholder Foods reduces cost of growth media by 75% in two years
Steakholder Foods has reduced the cost of its in-house growth media for bovine cell cultivation in suspension by more than 75% in 2 years.
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