Zirman, Amit
Abed El-Nabi, Mamoun
Samuel, Ella
Anavy, Leon https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6681-7377
Yakhini, Zohar
Nachman, Iftach https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4667-0398
Rak, Roni https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3843-3659
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (20-04-0001)
Israeli Innovation Authority (through the cultivated meat consortium): file number 82446
Article History
Received: 5 December 2024
Accepted: 21 August 2025
First Online: 30 August 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures involving animals were approved by the Animal Experimentation Ethics Committee of the Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Israel (approval numbers IL970/23 and VOL-IL-2301-103-3). The committee was chaired by Dr. Maya Ross. We have complied with all relevant ethical regulations for animal use. The study involved the isolation of stem cells from a live female calf (Bos taurus, approximately 3 months old), conducted under approved conditions at the Volcani Institute dairy farm.