Biotechnology and bioengineering – Page 17
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Research
Kamikaze bacteria travel deep inside tumours to deliver deadly cargo
Engineered bacteria in tandem with chemotherapy show promise in mouse model of cancer
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Business
Adventures of an accidental entrepreneur
India needs to break out of its colonial mindset and tap into its innovative potential, says Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
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News
Crispr-edited mushroom dodges regulation
Anti-browning mushroom developed using Crispr-Cas9 gene editing will not be regulated as a GMO by US agricultural agency
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Research
Bacteria seeded with synthetic pathways
Living factories provide alternative to complicated chemical syntheses or farming hectares of crops
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Feature
Enzymes for everyone
Can scientists overcome enzymes’ fragility and exploit their speed and specificity? Fiona Case investigates
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Business
BASF to cut 350 jobs in plant science research
Company will also close field trial sites in Hawaii, India and Puerto Rico
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Feature
The cutting edge of gene editing
The new gene-editing tool Crispr is taking the scientific world by storm, reports Katrina Megget
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Research
Synthetic stomach membrane to minimise animal tests
Researchers strive to replace lab animals with hydrogel models
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Research
Biotech breakthrough as yeast makes painkillers from sugar
Yields are still tiny but hopes are high that it could cut production costs
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Business
Chemical firms seek better grasp of biomanufacturing
The search is on for better alternatives to the ‘broken’ way companies harness compound-making organisms
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News
Opiate-producing yeast raises spectre of 'home-brewed heroin'
Warnings that completion of final steps in opiate biosynthesis could be a double-edged sword
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Research
Bacterium altered to suppress hunger faces long road to clinic
Engineered microbes produce anti-obesity molecule in mice, but moving to humans poses challenges
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Research
Urine-fuelled distress signal
Origami device that broadcasts on emergency power could find use in remote locations
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Feature
The enzyme hunters
Novozymes is scouring the world for enzymes that make industrial processes more sustainable, as Mark Peplow discovers
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Research
Engineered bacteria synthesise palladium biosorbent
Biomolecule to help decontaminate water by recovering palladium that has escaped from catalytic converters
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Feature
From screen to cell
Nina Notman finds out how liquid crystals are moving into the biotechnology and pharmaceutical toolbox
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Research
GM bacteria convert solar energy to liquid fuels
Single-vessel system uses the products of water-splitting to make fuel alcohols
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Research
Enzyme uses internal network for cyclisation
Researchers have pinpointed individual amino acid residues involved in the production of cyclic terpenes by a plant enzyme