Biochemical Engineering

Loughborough leads Zero Carbon Loss biomanufacturing project

The Engineer: A Loughborough University-led project aims to develop a sustainable biomanufacturing system with integrated carbon capture and utilisation through a novel electrochemical approach. Funded through an EPSRC Sustainable Manufacturing grant, the project is pushing to lower emissions within UK manufacturing…

mRNA Will Do More than Conquer COVID

Discover Magazine: The development of the mRNA vaccine — a breakthrough in its field, instructing cells to produce their own protection without the risk of giving someone the virus — was fast and furious, made possible through rapid genome sequencing. But its origins go back to the late 1980s, when…

Handheld Bioprinter Could One Day Heal Astronaut Injuries

3DPrint.com: A SpaceX Dragon resupply mission carrying 6,500 pounds of science experiments, including a handheld bioprinter prototype, is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS) after launching on December 21, 2021, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida….

This Startup Is Making—and Programming—Human Cells

Wired UK: Our cells are packed with unrealized potential. Almost every human cell contains the genetic information it needs to become any other kind of cell. A skin cell, for example, has the same genes as a muscle cell or a…