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Nature Biotechnology 27, 873 (1 October 2009) | doi:10.1038/nbt1009-873

Test tube meat on the menu?

Jeffrey L Fox

By 2022, consumers could be tucking into 'VatBeef' grown in a lab, at least according to a report from the Food Ethics Council released earlier this year. The UK independent think tank and advisory body has identified in vitro cultured meat as a possible means of easing food supply worries in the future.