Biochemical Engineering

Gene-editing gets fungi to spill secrets to new drugs

Futurity: A high-efficiency gene-editing tool can get fungi to produce significantly more natural compounds, including some previously unknown to the scientific community, say researchers. Using the approach that simultaneously modifies multiple sites in fungal genomes, Rice University chemical and biomolecular…

Harvesting human pee and DIY fertiliser: top conservation issues in 2023

The Guardian: What should people who care about conservation be paying attention to? Every year since 2009, scientists and conservationists from around the world have come together under the direction…

Self-Powered Electronic Pill Monitors Gut Chemistry

IEEE Spectrum: A battery-free electronic pill that can help doctors wirelessly analyze molecules generated during vital bodily chemical reactions in the gut has been demonstrated for the first time, say the researchers behind a new study. The team of engineers, from…

Shankar Balasubramanian is thinking beyond DNA’s four-letter code

C&EN: As one of the inventors of next-generation DNA sequencing, Sir Shankar Balasubramanian could claim to be responsible for a revolution in the life sciences. Balasubramanian and chemist David Klenerman, both at the University of Cambridge, founded the start-up Solexa…