260217-Hasunuma-Meroterpenoid-Cultures (IMAGE)
Caption
Plants produce many substances with promising pharmacological activities, but their industrial production is unreliable and expensive. Kobe University bioengineer HASUNUMA Tomohisa and his team have now succeeded in producing the core compound of a group of anticancer, anti-HIV, antidiabetic and anti-inflammatory pharmaceuticals in the gut bacterium E. coli at high yields. The flasks contain cultures of engineered bacteria before (left) and after (right) cultivation.
Credit
TOMITA Itsuki
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