Private Cultivated-Meat Failures Reaffirm Need for Public Research

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Recently, two notable cultivated-meat companies failed. If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, cultivated meat is grown from livestock cells, without slaughter. These economic developments are dispiriting for those of us who have followed the nascent industry with a good deal of hope about the potential animal welfare, public health and environmental benefits it will offer. Still, the news reaffirms something I’ve long believed, which is that we need a massive...