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[–] stalinmustacheuwu@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

Basically, instead of recreating entire animal cells, microbes are engineered to create animal proteins directly, which can then be used in dairy and egg products without needing animal cells.

Thats almost literally what fungi already do.