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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Presumably they culture more, but obviously the first cells would have had to. Some of these companies have been very particular about sourcing their starting cells non-lethally from sanctuary animals or whatever, because why not.

[–] Zerthax@reddthat.com 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you only have to do it once (or a few times) and can use it repeatedly ad infinitum, you can be just about as discerning as you want.