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34 Current news about the topic biotechnology
rssGreen biotechnology needs to be fuelled by green energy
06-May-2022
Substituting just a fifth of meat from cattle with microbial protein - a meat alternative produced in fermentation tanks - by 2050 could halve deforestation, a new analysis by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) now published in Nature finds. The market-ready meat alternative ...
Knowledge may help plant breeders
21-Apr-2022
A unique confluence of archeology, molecular genetics and serendipity guided a collaboration of Mexican and Penn State researchers to a deeper understanding of how modern corn was domesticated from teosinte, a perennial grass native to Mexico and Central America, more than 5,000 years ago. There ...
New ways of thinking are required: Scientists from both academia and industry presented and discussed innovative approaches and developments in biotechnology and bioprocess engineering
12-Apr-2022
On the subject of “Scaling Up and Down of Bioprocesses: Technological Innovation and Cell Physiology Insights”,the 7thSymposium was again held on-site in Berlin from March 28 to31,2022. In parallel, there was also the possibility to follow the presentations online. The symposium was organized ...
Arkeon Biotechnologies, a Viennese startup, uses gas fermentation technology to convert CO2 into food products
25-Mar-2022
Vienna-based startup Arkeon Biotechnologies has closed its seed funding in an oversubscribed investment round of more than $7 million. Arkeon is the world's first company to use gas fermentation technology from archaea, a microorganism with unique properties, for food applications. The ...
26-Jan-2022
The advent of the genome era and the demand for global food safety, has led to significant breakthroughs in the field of fish biology and biotechnology in the past decade. These discoveries have not only seen new theories developed, but provided solid technical support for the modern aquaculture ...
17-Jan-2022
A new Cornell University-led project will accelerate the application of a proven biotechnology to enhance food and nutritional security in Bangladesh and the Philippines while protecting the health of farmers and the environment. The Feed the Future Insect-Resistant Eggplant Partnership is funded ...
Biotechnology could be the answer
10-Jan-2022
The research by the Future Sustainable Food Systems research group at the University of Helsinki together with VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland shows that fungus-produced ovalbumin could have the potential to mitigate part of the environmental burden associated with chicken egg white ...
Using CRISPR/Cas9 technology, scientists develop and study gene-edited barley that resists pre-harvest sprouting
15-Nov-2021
After a spell of unexpected rain, before the harvest season, a farmer may be faced with the unpredictable problem of untimely sprouting of barley. Sprouted barley fetches considerably low market prices and poses an economic burden on farmers and corporations that are at the mercy of nature to ...
Funds will be used to support the development of pioneering mammary biotechnology to bring a novel infant feeding option to market that better meets infants' nutritional needs
21-Oct-2021
Novo Holdings, a leading international life science investor, today announces it has led the US$21 million Series A financing in BIOMILQ, Inc. ("BIOMILQ"), a first-of-its-kind mammary biotechnology company. BIOMILQ is developing a novel infant feeding option, derived from human mammary cells, to ...
The land that drinks the most coffee per capita produces its first tasty cup with cellular agriculture
21-Sep-2021
VTT has successfully produced coffee cells in a bioreactor through cellular agriculture. The innovation can help to make the production of coffee more sustainable. The first batches produced by VTT in a laboratory in Finland smell and taste like conventional coffee. With increasing demand and ...