Seafood cultivated in a lab could help mitigate the next pandemic

The World

An Israeli food tech startup called Forsea is working with Japanese partners to develop artificially grown eel cells, intended to eventually yield edible unagi. Experts are hopeful that cultivated meat and seafood can help prevent the next pandemic. Host Marco Werman reports.

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