From manufacturing life-saving biopharmaceuticals to producing energy-efficient biofuels, the cost-effective production of proteins will be essential to revolutionizing the future of healthcare and ...

Using a tiny, acid-tolerant yeast, scientists have demonstrated a cost-effective way to make disposable diapers, ...

A Kobe University research team has modified yeast cells to produce high concentrations of a valuable medicinal compound, paving the way for more accessible, scalable production of plant-derived ...

Biotechnology is about to make morphine production as simple as brewing beer. A paper published on 18 May in Nature Chemical Biology 1 reports the creation of a yeast strain containing the first half ...

In an exciting new breakthrough from scientists at UC Berkeley, common brewer's yeast has been engineered to produce several major cannabinoids found in marijuana. This innovation promises faster, ...

Medical marijuana is causing a stir as patients petition for access to cannabis-derived compounds for medicinal purposes, while governments worldwide seek to control the supply of the still-illegal ...

The facility can process 40 hectolitres of spent brewer's yeast per hour for the creation of new functional, vegan-friendly ingredients.

An Angel Yeast employee works at a lab in Yichang, Hubei province. [CHINA DAILY] Despite the intrinsic familiarity with yeast and protein individually, the combined term "yeast protein "has yet to ...

Scientists in California have created a cheaper, safer, environmentally-friendly way to produce cannabinoids, the chemical compounds that give cannabis its many medicinal (and mind-altering) qualities ...

esearchers from The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Chalmers University of Technology and KTH Royal Institute of Technology have ...

Researchers have genetically modified yeast to prevent it from metabolizing protein, leading to higher yields of an industrially useful product, they say. A unicellular microorganism, yeast is a top ...