Vow is an Australian company that aims to revolutionize the meat industry by creating cultured meat that surpasses the quality and taste of conventionally farmed meat and eventually replaces it altogether. As a first step, the company targets high-end restaurants, where food enthusiasts crave unique and exquisite culinary experiences and are willing to pay a premium. Vow’s team is exploring the possibility of producing exotic meats such as zebra, yak, and even Galapagos tortoises. On the other hand, Colossal, a Texas-based synthetic biology company, plans to revive the woolly mammoth from extinction by 2028. The company will use genetic engineering methods like CRISPR to develop a cold-resistant elephant with all the biological traits of the Woolly Mammoth. Colossal promises that the woolly mammoth will look, walk, and sound like a woolly mammoth and will be able to occupy the same frigid habitat it had in the past.
An Australian company called Vow has created a new type of meatball using the DNA of a mammoth, which only takes a few weeks to produce. The company hopes that this new innovation will lead people to prefer alternative and sustainable meat sources over traditional meats. Mammoths went extinct approximately 10,000 years ago, and many have been found in excavation sites throughout North America and the Siberian permafrost. The team at Vow used the DNA sequence found in the muscle of a mammoth to create meatballs, filling in the missing parts with a similar code found in elephants. They then grew the meatballs inside baby sheep cells.
The team initially considered creating dodo nuggets, but they pivoted to mammoth meat due to the availability of more information about mammoths. In an interview with The Guardian, the company explained that they chose mammoth DNA for their first cultured meat product since it represents diversity loss and climate change. The company further explained that the process could work for any animal where a biopsy from the target animal, about the size of an almond, is available. Unfortunately, the company cannot manufacture dodo meat since there is not enough genetic information accessible.
The company hopes that this innovation will spark conversations about alternative meat sources and lead people to prefer these sustainable options over traditional meats. Additionally, the company believes that the process could potentially bring back extinct species, although this idea is still in the realm of science fiction. For now, Vow plans to continue creating meatballs using the DNA of mammoths and potentially other extinct or rare animals, emphasizing the importance of sustainability and diversity in food sources.
Vow is an Australian company that aims to revolutionize the meat industry by creating cultured meat that surpasses the quality and taste of conventionally farmed meat and eventually replaces it altogether. As a first step, the company targets high-end restaurants, where food enthusiasts crave unique and exquisite culinary experiences and are willing to pay a premium. Vow’s team is exploring the possibility of producing exotic meats such as zebra, yak, and even Galapagos tortoises.
Meanwhile, a Texas-based synthetic biology company called Colossal plans to revive the woolly mammoth from extinction by 2028, according to a report by Tech Times. The company will use genetic engineering methods like CRISPR to develop a cold-resistant elephant with all the biological traits of the Woolly Mammoth. Colossal promises that the woolly mammoth will look, walk, and sound like a woolly mammoth and will be able to occupy the same frigid habitat it had in the past.
Don’t miss interesting posts on Famousbio
