Artificial meat has been successfully bred on the International Space Station for the first time

, Oct. 9 (Xinhua
-- An Israeli start-up has teamed up with Russian cosmonauts to successfully grow artificial meat in space, the U.S. Newsweek website reported Wednesday. This is the first time to date that humans have successfully bred artificial meat in space.
in this proof-of-concept experiment, Arif Farms worked with partners 3D Bioprint Solutions, Meat Source Technologies and Finless Foods to grow meat on the International Space Station. The international space station orbits the Earth at an average altitude of about 250 miles.
to create the artificial steak, Arif Farms has deftly designed a method that mimics the process of tissue regeneration in cows. The company first collected
cows on Earth before launching them to the International Space Station. Russian cosmonauts on duty on the International Space Station then used 3D biopharmaceuticals in microgravity conditions to create small-scale muscle tissue using cells.
said the latest experiment showed that the cell culture process could use minimal resources to produce food and could be used in the future to produce food on long-term space missions, which could also be useful for cultivating artificial meat on Earth.
In space, we don't have 10,000 or 15,000 liters of water to produce 1 kg (2.2 pounds) of beef," Didier Tubia, co-founder and CEO of Alif Farms, said in a statement. This joint experiment marks an important first step towards achieving our ultimate vision of protecting our resources on the basis of ensuring food security for future generations.
said in a statement: "This cutting-edge study is an important indicator of sustainable food production methods that do not exacerbate land waste, water waste and environmental pollution and are expected to feed a rapidly growing population, which is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050." Recent
that traditional animal husbandry has become an important driver of climate change and that reducing meat and dairy consumption is one of the best ways for individuals to reduce their carbon footprint. With the growing global demand for meat, laboratory-grown meat is considered a potential way to mitigate the environmental impact of animal farming.
December 2018, Alif Farms announced that it had produced the world's first muscle-like steak in the laboratory. But they also admitted at the time that the steak's taste needed to be improved.