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How spirulina could help make smoothies with a kick

Scientists genetically engineer the widely consumed microorganism to produce protein-based pharmaceuticals.
Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Spirulina powder.

Powdered spirulina (artificially coloured) could make for a nutritious and stable carrier for protein-based therapies. Credit: Anne Weston, EM STP, Francis Crick Inst./SPL

The blue-green alga spirulina, a popular dietary supplement, could help bioengineers to produce therapeutic proteins such as antibodies1.

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Nature 603, 769 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-00834-9

References

  1. Jester, B. W. et al. Nature Biotechnol. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-022-01249-7 (2022).

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