Precision Fermentation: The Future of Dairy Production

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Milk is fine for quite a lot of people, but there are advantages to not having a cow to produce the milk. Precision fermentation companies really hope to take a fat slice of the $900 billion global dairy market. There's also re-milk, which is an Israeli startup, and big investors are happy to pull money into the precision fermentation sector.

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