Ashwagandha is a small shrub that's having a big moment. Used in traditional Indian medicine for thousands of years, ...

Researchers are continually looking for new ways to hack the cellular machinery of microbes like yeast and bacteria to make products that are useful for humans and society. In a new proof-of-concept ...

The approach uses an iteration of the SHERLOCK technology exclusively licensed to OraSure Technologies' subsidiary, Sherlock Biosciences.

Lab-scale production of medicarpin in yeast heralds another manufacturing option for this natural anti-tumor agent.

A research team has uncovered and reconstructed the complete biosynthetic pathway of polyphyllin II—a potent anticancer ...

A research team has uncovered and rebuilt a previously elusive plant pathway that produces oxindole alkaloids—a rare and ...

Fatty acids derived from palm oil and coconut oil are found in countless everyday products, but their extraction drives deforestation. Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany) have now ...

Using a tiny, acid-tolerant yeast, scientists have demonstrated a cost-effective way to make disposable diapers, microplastics, and acrylic paint more sustainable through biomanufacturing. Researchers ...

As a student in William & Mary’s biology master’s program, Keegan Sweeney ‘26 is fascinated with the translational aspect of research — how studying organisms such as yeast can improve our ...