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Could yeast transform the future of fake meat?

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Could yeast be used to make food production more sustainable? Sudeep Agarwala from Gingko Bioworks explains how yeast can be genetically modified to produce protein that gives a “meaty flavour” and reveals other clever things this tiny organism can do.

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