And with many people already enjoying chicken nuggets regularly—about 5 percent of Americans eat them daily or almost daily, according to a 2023 Statista survey—lab-grown versions that taste ...

The team used a breakthrough bioreactor system that acts like a circulatory system, successfully growing over 10 grams of structured chicken meat without the need for farms or the real thing.

Lab-grown chicken coming to restaurant tables 01:56. The age of lab-grown chicken is taking flight at one of chef José Andrés' famed Washington, D.C., restaurants, where diners will have the ...