“Born in Chicago and raised on a chicken farm in Northern California, Karl began his studies at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1955. After graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and postdoctoral years at the University of California, Los Angeles, he accepted his academic position in Hawaii in 1967.
by Alexandra A. Taylor | January 20, 2023
In November, the US Food and Drug Administration said it didn’t dispute Upside Foods’ studies claiming that its cell-grown chicken is safe. The company still needs regulatory approval from the Department of Agriculture before it can sell its product in the US. Claire Bomkamp, a scientist at the Good Food Institute, a think tank, says that could happen before year-end.
by Matt Blois | January 11, 2023
These included 2-furanmethanethiol and 2-ethyl- 3,6-dimethylpyrazine, most commonly found in coffee, and 2,3-diethyl-5- methylpyrazine, found in roasted, fried, and baked goods, grilled chicken, and peanut butter (Commun. Med. 2022, DOI: 10.1038/s43856-022-00112-9). In total, around 15 compounds tended to trigger disgust in the participants who worked with Parker.
by Laura Howes | September 26, 2022
Entomophagy, the practice of eating insects and arachnids, could be a boon for the planet and human nutrition because it is less resource intensive to raise insects instead of cows, pigs, or chickens. Though uncommon in mainstream Western cuisine, bugs are a normal foodstuff in several parts of the world, and governments in the Netherlands and South Korea have programs promoting insects as food.
by Craig Bettenhausen | September 25, 2022
Graphene—a material that consists of one or a few sheets of carbon atoms strung together like chicken wire—has the perfect properties for a blood pressure monitor, Jafari says. It can make close contact with skin and has ideal electronic properties. The graphene sensors used in the device were first reported in 2017 (ACS Nano, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02182).
by Bethany Halford | June 30, 2022
How noble it is for “disposable” cutlery, once used to cut some chicken parmesan, to give its life to repairing the dowel on a wooden kitchen chair that will last for years. Do you think you have found clever ways to reuse plastics? Let Newscripts know. Please send comments and suggestions to newscripts@acs.org.
by Alexander H. Tullo | June 25, 2022
Good Meat’s chicken is already commercially available in Singapore. Mangrove Lithium has raised $12 million to launch a commercial-scale plant that will produce lithium hydroxide and carbonate for batteries. The company hopes its plant will ease supply chain problems for customers in the Western hemisphere.
May 26, 2022
The firm expects chicken grown from animal cells to be its first product. Upside plans to build a production facility capable of making tens of millions of kilograms of cell-grown meat. It will also invest in making its supply chain for amino acids, sugars, and vitamins more robust. Investors include the food and ingredient companies Cargill, Givaudan, and Tyson Foods.
by Matt Blois | April 30, 2022
The company plans to startwith a version of chicken breast. Aurion Biotech has raised $120 million from investors including Visionary Ventures and KKR’s Falcon Vision unit. The firm is developing a cell therapy for treating a form of corneal edema, an eye disease. Autigen has signed a research and licensing agreement with Boehringer Ingelheim aimed at finding therapies for people with sensorineural hearing loss.
April 16, 2022