Research Articles
The Tiny Healer: Engineering Yogurt Bacteria to Deliver a Powerful Repair Peptide
How scientists are turning a common food microbe into a next-generation, living medicine for tissue repair and antioxidant defense.
The Molecular Maestros: Engineering Proteins to Build a Better Future
Explore how protein engineering is revolutionizing bioproduction, turning microbes into efficient factories for medicine, biofuels, and sustainable materials.
The Soybean in a Test Tube: Brewing a Health Booster with Engineered Bacteria
Discover how scientists use engineered E. coli cocultures for de novo production of the powerful soy antioxidant genistein, a breakthrough in sustainable biotechnology.
The Rainbow Revolution: How Red Fluorescent Proteins Are Solving Chromoprotein Puzzles
Discover how engineered red fluorescent proteins are overcoming chromoprotein limitations in synthetic biology and biomedical imaging.
Tinker, Tailor, Microbe Spy: Rewriting Nature's Recipe Book with Acyltransferases
How scientists are using acyltransferases to reprogram polyketide synthases and create novel medicines
The Silent Superworker: How Corynebacterium glutamicum Feeds and Fuels Our World
Discover how Corynebacterium glutamicum, the 2025 Microbe of the Year, revolutionizes biotechnology through amino acid production, pharmaceuticals, and sustainable biofuels.