Scientists in China have developed a way to synthesize medicarpin in yeast—specifically, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as baker’s yeast. Like ...

Cysteine biosynthesis is a vital biochemical process that converts inorganic sulphur into organic forms, ultimately producing the sulphur‐containing amino acid cysteine. This amino acid is essential ...

Max Planck researchers identify the crucial protein for controlling the biosynthesis of steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins in plants of the genus Solanum and for the first time demonstrate the ...

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

The widely used chemotherapy drug paclitaxel, commonly known as Taxol, was first extracted from the Pacific yew tree in 1963. But while plants have figured out how to manufacture the molecule, for ...

By reconstructing a non-natural metabolic route in Escherichia coli, the researchers demonstrated that simple sugars can be ...

Researchers studying cyanobacteria from hot springs in Thailand have discovered a new natural UV-blocking compound with ...

Israel’s Institute of Soil Water & Environmental Sciences researchers investigated how magnesium (Mg) supply impacts cannabinoid and terpene b | Earth And The Environment ...

Munich, Germany, Jan. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- smartbax, a biotech company developing next-generation antibiotics against multi-drug ...

Extremophile microbes from hot springs may hold the secret to the next generation of natural, eco-friendly sunscreen.