Why is it important that, for the very first time, we have reengineered Baker’s yeast to manufacture penicillin? Our team at Imperial College, London, inserted fungus genes into a yeast cell to make it produce penicillin molecules and our results are published in the journal Nature Communications this week. The reason that this is exciting […]
Why is it important that, for the very first time, we have reengineered Baker’s yeast to manufacture penicillin? Our team at Imperial College, London, inserted fungus genes into a yeast cell to make it produce penicillin molecules and our results are published in the journal Nature Communications this week. The reason that this is exciting […]
Cellulose, which is harvested from trees and plants, is a very common material used to make paper and cardboard. But some harmless bacteria found in a kind of fermented tea, also produce a very strong and pure form of cellulose. When tea aficionados ferment their kombucha tea (a form of green tea) a clump of […]
Cellulose, which is harvested from trees and plants, is a very common material used to make paper and cardboard. But some harmless bacteria found in a kind of fermented tea, also produce a very strong and pure form of cellulose. When tea aficionados ferment their kombucha tea (a form of green tea) a clump of […]