MeaTech Announces Filing of Provisional Patent Application for Differentiation of Stem Cells to Produce Cultured Fat
MeaTech 3D Ltd. announced it has filed a provisional patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) relating to methods that use purely plant-sourced inputs to guide targeted differentiation of embryonic mesenchymal stem cells into adipocytes, which are fat cells. MeaTech’s goal is to allow for production of intramuscular fat as is typically found in marbled meat like Wagyu beef.