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ReviewAdvanced healthcare materials2024

Biofabrication's Contribution to the Evolution of Cultured Meat.

Franziska Brigitte Albrecht, Tilman Ahlfeld, Annemarie Klatt, Simon Heine, Michael Gelinsky, Petra Juliane Kluger

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Review in Advanced healthcare materials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Starch-Based Scaffolds for Cultivated Meat Production: Challenges and Perspectives.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2025
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  7. Scaling Cultured Meat: Challenges and Solutions for Affordable Mass Production.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2025
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  12. Exploring Sustainable Future Protein Sources.Food science of animal resources · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Franziska Brigitte AlbrechtReutlingen University, Reutlingen Research Institute, 72762, Reutlingen, Germany.
Tilman AhlfeldTechnische Universität Dresden, Centre for Translational Bone, Joint and Soft Tissue Research, 01307, Dresden, Germany.
Annemarie KlattReutlingen University, Reutlingen Research Institute, 72762, Reutlingen, Germany.
Simon HeineReutlingen University, Reutlingen Research Institute, 72762, Reutlingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8006-3348
Michael GelinskyTechnische Universität Dresden, Centre for Translational Bone, Joint and Soft Tissue Research, 01307, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9075-5121
Petra Juliane KlugerReutlingen University, Faculty of Life Sciences, 72762, Reutlingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6784-7378

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cultured Meat (CM) is a growing field in cellular agriculture, driven by the environmental impact of conventional meat production, which contributes to climate change and occupies ≈70% of arable land. As demand for meat alternatives rises, research in this area expands. CM production relies on tissue engineering techniques, where a limited number of animal cells are cultured in vitro and processed to create meat-like tissue comprising muscle and adipose components. Currently, CM is primarily produced on a small scale in pilot facilities. Producing a large cell mass based on suitable cell sources and bioreactors remains challenging. Advanced manufacturing methods and innovative materials are required to subsequently process this cell mass into CM products on a large scale. Consequently, CM is closely linked with biofabrication, a suite of technologies for precisely arranging cellular aggregates and cell-material composites to construct specific structures, often using robotics. This review provides insights into contemporary biomedical biofabrication technologies, focusing on significant advancements in muscle and adipose tissue biofabrication for CM production. Novel materials for biofabricating CM are also discussed, emphasizing their edibility and incorporation of healthful components. Finally, initial studies on biofabricated CM are examined, addressing current limitations and future challenges for large-scale production.

Indexed as

Adipose TissueMeatTissue EngineeringAnimalsHumansIn Vitro MeatTissue Scaffoldsadipose tissuebioassemblybioprintingcultured meatmuscle tissuescale‐uptissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID38339837
PMCPMC11468272

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