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Technicians work with bioreactors at the Believer Meats facility in Rehovot, Israel on Feb. 13, 2023. Animal cells are placed inside bioreactors and bathed in a nutrient-rich broth where they multiply. The paste of cells is harvested and mixed with plant proteins, then pressurized and pushed out to create meat fibers. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin)

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Meat made from cells, not livestock, is here. But will it ever replace traditional meat?
By LAURA UNGAR - AP Science Writer
Thu,11/16/23-9:38AM , 60 Reads
A familiar aroma wafted through the Believer Meats test kitchen earlier this year as Research and Development Chef Andres Voloschin flipped sizzling strips of chicken conjured from cells.
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Technicians work with bioreactors at the Believer Meats facility in Rehovot, Israel on Feb. 13, 2023. Animal cells are placed inside bioreactors and bathed in a nutrient-rich broth where they multiply. The paste of cells is harvested and mixed with plant proteins, then pressurized and pushed out to create meat fibers. (AP Photo/Emma H. Tobin)

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Meat made from cells, not livestock, is here. But will it ever replace traditional meat?
By LAURA UNGAR - AP Science Writer
Thu,11/16/23-9:34AM , 132 Reads
A familiar aroma wafted through the Believer Meats test kitchen earlier this year as Research and Development Chef Andres Voloschin flipped sizzling strips of chicken conjured from cells.

Through glass walls, he could see the large tanks where the cells grow.
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This July 2019 image provided by the Sarah Cannon Research Institute shows Victoria Gray on her infusion day during a gene editing trial for sickle cell disease at the Sarah Cannon Research Institute and The Children's Hospital At TriStar Centennial in Nashville. Gray, the first patient to test the treatment, shared her experience with researchers at a scientific conference in 2023. She described suffering with terrible bouts of pain since childhood and receiving high-dose pain medications and sometimes blood transfusions. She described feeling she "was being reborn” the day she got the gene therapy. (Anthem Pictures/Sarah Cannon Research Institute via AP, File)

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A new cure for sickle cell disease may be coming. Health advisers will review it next week
By LAURA UNGAR - AP Science Writer
Fri,10/27/23-10:47AM , 98 Reads
The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure that attacks the disorder at its genetic source.
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Brynn Schulte rides on a toy unicorn at her home in Cincinnati shortly before getting medication to treat her rare genetic bleeding disorder, Aug. 3, 2023. Brynn was diagnosed thanks to whole genome testing, which was recently shown to be nearly twice as good at finding genetic disorders in sick babies as more targeted tests. Her parents and doctors credit early diagnosis with saving her life. (AP Photo/Laura Ungar)

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A broad genetic test saved one newborn's life. Research suggests it could help millions of others
By LAURA UNGAR - AP Science Writer
Sat,08/26/23-6:44AM , 265 Reads
CINCINNATI (AP) — Brynn Schulte nearly died twice when she was a baby, at one point needing emergency surgery for massive bleeding in her brain.

No one knew what was wrong until a test that looked at her full genetic blueprint found a rare bleeding disorder called factor XIII deficiency — an early diagnosis that saved her life.
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