Enzymit, Aleph Farms develop insulin substitute for cultivated meat

Growth media will be a lot more cost effective with this advancement, Enzymit says.

Cultivated meat company Aleph Farms and biotech firm Enzymit have developed animal-free insulin-like proteins, a breakthrough they said will allow for cost-effective cultivated meat production.

Aleph and Enzymit jointly created “novel insulin substituents in microorganisms that fulfill the function of proteins found naturally in animals,” the Israeli companies said Tuesday in…