Forget lab-grown meat! Scientists have come up with a way to cultivate beef INSIDE lettuce and tobacco plants

Scientists from Imperial College London have come up with a way to cultivate muscle protein within lettuce and tobacco plants. 'Plants can be engineered to produce the animal protein myoglobin (Mb) in their chloroplasts, the energy factories for photosynthesis,' explained researcher Dr Alexia Groff. 'This could provide a more sustainable way to produce an important ingredient for plant–based meat products.' Scientists from Imperial College London have come up with a way to cultivate muscle protein within lettuce and tobacco (pictured) plantsCurrently, one of the most common methods for producing fake meat is microbial engineering. Having shown that it's possible to grow meat inside plants, the team now plans to develop an industrial purification method.