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Novel Amino Acid Nanoparticles Offer Hope for Fighting Multi-Drug Resistant Cancers

Amino acids, such as tyrosine and tryptophan, are the fundamental building blocks that make up proteins.

9 Jan 2024

Unlocking the Gut's Metabolic Secrets

The variety of enzymes that microbes employ to make energy in the low-oxygen environment of the gut is highlighted by a survey of bacterial genomes.

8 Jan 2024

Novel Solution Revolutionizes Enzyme Production

The increasing need to switch to more environmentally friendly industrial processes is driving up demand for industrial enzymes.

2 Jan 2024

Unmasking the Energy Secrets of a Marine Bacterial Giant

Not all bacteria are created equal. Most are single-celled and tiny, a few ten-thousandths of a centimeter long. But bacteria of the Epulopiscium family are large enough to be seen with the naked eye and 1 million times the volume of their better-known cousins, E. coli.

19 Dec 2023

CRISPR Takes Probiotics to the Next Level

Humans can benefit significantly from symbiotic relationships with probiotics-;live bacteria and microorganisms that influence the gut microbiota.

14 Dec 2023

UK Government Awards Clean Food Group Funding for £1 Million Project to Accelerate Novel Low-Emission Food Production Systems

Pioneering UK-based bio-tech business, Clean Food Group has been awarded funding for a £1 million project to advance novel low-emission food production systems in the UK.

7 Dec 2023

Clean Food Group and Roberts Bakery Partner to Pioneer Bread Waste Reduction in the Baking Industry

The pioneering UK-based bio-tech business Clean Food Group, today announces its groundbreaking partnership with Roberts Bakery, one of the UK’s leading bakery brands.

29 Nov 2023

Quantum Biology and AI Improve CRISPR Cas9 Efficiency in Microbes

Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used their expertise in quantum biology, artificial intelligence and bioengineering to improve how CRISPR Cas9 genome editing tools work on organisms like microbes that can be modified to produce renewable fuels and chemicals.

10 Nov 2023

Scientists Forge a Path to the World’s First Synthetic Yeast Genome

Researchers crafted a chromosome entirely from the ground up, paving the way for the creation of the inaugural synthetic yeast in the world.

9 Nov 2023

The Dominant Phage-Resistant LAB in Long-Term Kimchi Fermentation

Scientists from the World Institute of Kimchi have successfully extracted lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains that exhibit remarkable phage resistance.

2 Nov 2023

Engineered Enzymes Show Promise for Converting Grass Biomass Into Biofuels

Plant biologists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have engineered enzymes to modify grass plants so their biomass can be more efficiently converted into biofuels and other bioproducts.

30 Oct 2023

Bacteria’s Method of Moving Goods Throughout Cells

Bacteria can be found almost everywhere on the planet, including in soil, water, acidic hot springs, and even people’s own stomachs.

23 Aug 2023

UK Food-Tech Business Clean Food Group Announces Strategic Collaboration with LATAM Food Technology Specialist, Alianza Team

Pioneering UK-based bio-tech business Clean Food Group is pleased to announce a new investment and strategic collaboration with Alianza Team, the Latin American food production and lipid-based technology expert, a leading company in the world of lipids, nutrition and frozen bakery.

9 Aug 2023

Bamboo May be an Attractive Resource to Develop Renewable Energy, Finds Study

An article in GCB Bioenergy describes why bamboo may be an attractive resource in efforts to develop environmentally friendly renewable energy to replace fossil fuels.

22 Jun 2023

Establishing the Flour Reference Proteome for Five Wheat Species

The protein composition of the five types of wheat—einkorn, emmer, spelt, durum, and common wheat—and their varieties differ widely.

20 Jun 2023

Widely Used Compostable Plastic Remains Unchanged in Marine Waters

A widely used compostable plastic persists unchanged in marine environments for at least 14 months, according to a new study in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Sarah-Jeanne Royer and colleagues from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego.

25 May 2023