All organisms on the Earth form a symbiotic and recycling ecosystem through the exchange of materials. In pursuit of realizing circular-cell-culture (CCC) that incorporates this cycle into cell culture, we are conducting to utilize the culture medium, containing nutrients extracted from microalgae and secretions from several types of growth factor producing cells, for amplifying cells for food use. Subsequently, we aim to develop a game changing “cell-based food” that is equivalent in nutritional value and texture to livestock meat but more affordable than traditional forms by matured and thickened the amplifying cells using tissue engineering techniques. We will achieve to solve escalating global food shortages by developing a sustainable meat production system for reducing space requirements and environmental impact, based on the idea of substituting grain feedstocks with microalgae and livestock meats with cultured cells.
