How did you get the cells used to make Wildtype salmon?
The cell line we created to make Wildtype salmon was developed from a small extraction of cells from a juvenile coho salmon several years ago. We provide them with all the same nutrients they would get if they lived inside of a fish – amino acids, sugars, fats, and minerals – and coax them to continue growing and replicating. While we’re working on other species, we no longer need to harvest any more wild or farmed fish for production of Wildtype salmon.