Why have we been able to clone animals since the 90s, but lab-grown meat is still just an emerging technology?

Question

How come we have been able to clone animals for 25 years but I cant get a lab-grown burger yet?

In: Biology

Answer 1

First of all, Cloning remains a somewhat controversial process. And lab-grown meat is different. The point of lab-grown meat is to be able to have the meat without having to have the whole animal first. And making just one specific part of an animal is a whole different ballgame from cloning, which pretty much just involves the normal process of birthing an animal except the animal is an identical clone instead of a normally fertilized egg