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Trends in Biotechnology

18 March 202413 March 2024

The biotechnology revolution in textile dyeing

Biotechnology holds the potential to revolutionize textile dyeing by utilizing biopigments, biodegradable dyes, and fermentative dyeing methods as alternatives to synthetic options

3 November 202331 October 2023

Making the biochemical conversion of lignocellulose more robust

Agricultural residues are more suitable for biochemical conversion to produce bulk commodities preferentially through anaerobic fermentation with less energy consumption and lower contamination risk

9 January 202329 December 2022

Carbon-negative synthetic biology: challenges and emerging trends of cyanobacterial technology

Excessive CO2 emissions are one of the most widely discussed challenges in the 21st century. Carbon-negative production of value-added chemicals by cyanobacterial cell factories has been considered a top priority for solving such problems

5 January 202328 December 2022

Synthetic biology of extremophiles: a new wave of biomanufacturing

Extremophiles are becoming a popular chassis for industrial bioproduction and are becoming competitive with current industrial biotechnology

4 January 202327 December 2022

Tuning chitosan’s chemical structure for enhanced biological functions

In vivo production of chitosan polymers with fully defined structures in a cell factory has been recently highlighted as a ‘gamechanger’ for emerging biomaterials

19 December 202213 December 2022

Sustainable algal biorefineries

Capitalizing on many benefits of GABA