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Exclusive: Open-source moment for cultivated meat as GFI releases SCiFi Foods’ cell lines to academia
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Fusion42 · 2 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
The Good Food Institute (GFI) has acquired SCiFi Foods' cultivated meat cell lines and serum-free media formulations to open-source them first to academia and later industry, aiming to reduce barriers and standardize research tools in the cultivated meat space.
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You can now access standard, commercially relevant cultivated meat cell lines previously locked behind startup barriers. Academic and industry research just gained a shared language to speed scale-up and innovation.
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