February - 2021

Feb 17, 20212 min read

Biomass Converting Enzymes as Industrial Biocatalysts

Economic utilisation of abundant lignocellulosic biomass (a material that serves a structural and protective role in plants and is most...

Feb 17, 20212 min read

Optical Mapping

Recent advancements in optical mapping and DNA sequencing have thus allowed for the construction of improved genome assemblies with...

Feb 17, 20211 min read

Plant Microbes and Sustainability

Plant microbes play a big role in plant growth and soil fertility and have done so for as long as humanity can remember. Both plants and...

Feb 17, 20212 min read

Microbial Fermentation in Dairy and Health

Dairy and Health Microbial fermentation has long been used as a means of food preservation. Early dairy fermentation relied on...

Feb 17, 20214 min read

Making wheat and peanuts less allergenic

The United States Department of Agriculture identifies a group of "big eight" foods that causes 90% of food allergies. Among these foods...

Feb 17, 20212 min read

Here’s how biotechnology is offering new hope for personalized cancer treatments

Summary + short information before reading: Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or...

Feb 17, 20212 min read

Study examines the causes behind antibiotic overuse

An antibiotic overdose occurs mostly because the general population holds the mistaken belief that they are beneficial to a wide array of...

Feb 17, 20212 min read

GSK returns to Vir with expanded deal to develop drugs for flu, other viruses

Summary: A company named GSK is developing drugs for flu and other viruses. With the COVID-19 pandemic, the pharmaceutical industry is...

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