Biotechnology and bioengineering – Page 18
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BusinessChemical 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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NewsOpiate-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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ResearchBacterium 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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ResearchUrine-fuelled distress signal
Origami device that broadcasts on emergency power could find use in remote locations
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FeatureThe enzyme hunters
Novozymes is scouring the world for enzymes that make industrial processes more sustainable, as Mark Peplow discovers
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ResearchEngineered bacteria synthesise palladium biosorbent
Biomolecule to help decontaminate water by recovering palladium that has escaped from catalytic converters
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FeatureFrom screen to cell
Nina Notman finds out how liquid crystals are moving into the biotechnology and pharmaceutical toolbox
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ResearchGM bacteria convert solar energy to liquid fuels
Single-vessel system uses the products of water-splitting to make fuel alcohols
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ResearchEnzyme uses internal network for cyclisation
Researchers have pinpointed individual amino acid residues involved in the production of cyclic terpenes by a plant enzyme
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News
Myriad calls a ceasefire in court battle over cancer gene tests
US biotech firm settles patent lawsuits involving BRCA gene tests, agrees to dismiss claims against several labs
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ResearchThin film approach to biocatalysis
Researchers say consider enzymes from the start to broaden industrial applications of nature’s catalysts
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FeatureDNA gets with the program
Molecular computing systems could improve disease diagnosis – and even hack living cells, finds Andy Extance
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News
Myriad loses appeal on cancer gene test patents
US appeals court rules that biotechnology company cannot block competitor’s breast cancer tests
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FeatureMicrobial miners
Jon Evans discovers the microbes hard at work on our behalf, extracting valuable metals from low-grade ore
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ResearchYeast turned into morphine and opioid biofactories
Scientists hope that biotech route could protect the drug supply chain from harvest failures and problems with illicit use
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ResearchOrgan–organ interactions could compound nanoparticle damage
Dual-organ simulation uncovers possible toxicity mechanisms that result in liver injury
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - July 2014
We speak to artist Briony Marshall and art detective Warren Warren about the more artistic sides of chemistry
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PodcastChemistry World podcast - June 2014
We speak to Tom Brown, the 2014 Chemistry World Entrepreneur of the Year, and find out why cells spend so much time doing nothing
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ResearchFreeze-dried cells make better biocatalysts
Inactivation and solubility issues can be circumvented when enzymes operate with the rest of the cell