 The paper was published in a peer-reviewed journal in 2010. And a lot has happened since. Isha has become a leader in the field of cellular agriculture. She's watched as billions of dollars have poured into cultivated meat startups. Lab-grown meat is on the rise. And the science has accelerated. In 2013, a professor unveiled the first lab-grown hamburger. The world's first lab-grown burger has been cooked. It cost over $300,000 to make.