According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, deforestation is on the rise
Researchers say lab-grown wood can be used to frame houses or make sustainable furniture.
It is noted that scientists have achieved significantsuccess in developing tree-like material by culturing cells from young leaves of Zinnia elegans plants. This material even has some interesting new properties that could potentially make it more useful than real timber. It can be applied to 3D bioprinting.