Chinese scientists develop lab-grown meat from animal cells

NANJING, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have produced 5 grams of meat cultured from animal muscle stem cells, according to a university in east China's Jiangsu Province.

The Nanjing Agricultural University announced Thursday that the team led by Zhou Guanghong harvested the meat after cultivating pig muscle stem cells for 20 days.

It is the first meat developed from muscle stem cells in China, according to the China Association of Agricultural Science Societies, which conducted an evaluation of the technology.