I want to talk about a biotechnology that, despite existing for years, remains largely under the radar. Yet, it holds the potential to fundamentally change what’s on our plates. This technology is cellular meat—a product created not on a farm but in a lab. Without killing animals. Without antibiotics. In 2023, the FDA approved it for sale for the first time. That moment marked the beginning of a new chapter in our food history. ...
This isn’t just another milestone in DNA editing technology. It’s a landmark moment that signals the beginning of a new era: personalized, genetically-targeted medicine. These are treatments created for a specific person, for their unique mutation, for their precise diagnosis. This is the future of medicine, and it’s happening today. I have been enthusiastically following the development of Cas9 technology since 2012—the very protein that kicked off the era of precision DNA editing. The world later came to know this field as CRISPR, or more simply, “genetic scissors.” ...