“We have to figure out what cells like to eat, how they like to grow, and there’s not that much literature to start with,” he said.
“The number of scientists working on fish stem cell biology, as you can imagine, is a small fraction of those working on animal cells and human cells.”
He said he has figured out a process for grouper and eel and hopes to add three other endangered species in the coming months.
Meeting the cost of fish from the sea is a major challenge.
“We want consumers to choose based on how it tastes and what it can do for the world and the planetary environment. And we want to take cost off the table as a consideration.”