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In Depth 8 Sep 2023
The rise of lab-grown dairy: a sustainable solution for the future
Recently, there has been a lot of talk surrounding cultivated meat, especially after Upside Foods and Good Meat received final U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) approval to sell lab-grown meat for the first time in the U.S.. And, although perhaps less talked about, cultivated – or lab-grown – dairy could also be set to take […]
Startup Scout 13 Dec 2022
Biomemory is making DNA hard drives cheap and sustainable
The world is running out of ways to store the mountains of data we produce. Biomemory is creating DNA-based hard drives that could store this information cheaply, sustainably and for centuries. Society has advanced very far in technologies to store critical data, moving from punched cards and floppy disks in the 20th century to hard […]
News and Trends 27 Sep 2022
Watch: Scottish biotech startup looking to sustainable omega-3 production
Established in 2016, Edinburgh-headquartered MiAlgae says there is a global threat to oceans caused by overfishing to supply omega-3 oil for human and animal consumption. This prompted the development of a solution through the circular economy. Labiotech visited the company recently to find out more about its operations. Using its biotech platform, MiAlgae uses co-products […]
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Best in Biotech 23 Aug 2022
Five industrial biotech companies making Japan more sustainable
Japan has big plans to lead the world’s push to become more sustainable. Here are five local sustainable tech companies that could help it meet this mission. Japan is best known for its well-developed technology and manufacturing firms. The nation also hosts a thriving biotechnology sector, with players across sectors including healthcare and industrial biotechnology. […]
News and Trends 17 Aug 2022
TurtleTree produces first precision fermentation sustainable lactoferrin
Singapore biotech company TurtleTree has announced production of LF+, the world’s first sustainable bovine lactoferrin created using precision fermentation technology. A key part of the company’s ongoing work with cultivated dairy, precision fermentation uses microbial hosts for the mass production of ingredients. Compared to traditional methods, precision fermentation offers far greater efficiency and volume, enabling […]
News and Trends 17 Aug 2022
Scottish biotech startup secures funding for sustainable omega-3 production
MiAlgae, a Scottish biotech start-up, has secured new investment of £2.3 million ($2.8 million) to help drive the next stage of its growth journey. Established in 2016, MiAlgae has created a solution to producing a sustainable source of omega-3 for animal and human consumption. Championing the circular economy, the company has developed a novel biotechnology […]
News and Trends 20 Jul 2022
Plant-based nylon addressing urgent need for sustainable materials
Global brands need to take action by using sustainable materials with traceable and transparent supply chains, the CEO of a US biotech company says. Genomatica (Geno) alongside longtime collaborator Aquafil has just completed the first demonstration scale production runs for plant-based nylon-6. Christopher Schilling, Geno CEO says: “Now, more than ever, global brands are taking […]
Opinion 16 May 2022
CRISPR Can Help The Switch To Sustainable Cosmetics
The cosmetics industry is looking for greener ingredients as consumers demand more sustainable products. According to Jon Kratochvil at ERS Genomics, which licenses out patents belonging to the gene editing pioneers Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna, CRISPR-Cas9 could one day meet the demand for alternatives. The global cosmetics industry is worth more than €480B ($500B), […]
In Depth 31 Jan 2022
Nature’s Painters: Making Sustainable Colors with Microbes
The production of textile dyes and food colorants can have a big environmental footprint. Biotech startups are rising to the challenge by engineering bacteria, fungi, and algae to sustainably produce natural colors. Eight years ago, University of Cambridge researcher Jim Ajioka was in Nepal helping to produce a biosensor to detect arsenic in drinking water […]
Opinion 11 Aug 2021
Investors Turn to Biotechnology for a Sustainable Future
The next industrial revolution is going to be a bio-revolution. It has to be, given that the byproducts of the original industrial revolution created the major pollution problems we now have to solve. But alongside the fixes, we also need to feed and heal a growing population efficiently and sustainably. The bio-revolution is already well […]
Best in Biotech 3 May 2021
Ten Ways Biotechnology Makes the World More Sustainable
As climate change looms over our future, many industries are turning to biotechnology for solutions to make all aspects of our lives more sustainable for the environment. Biotechnology is uniquely positioned to replace polluting materials and chemical processes with more sustainable, biological alternatives. This scientific field draws from millions of years of evolution in which […]