Lab-scale production of medicarpin in yeast heralds another manufacturing option for this natural anti-tumor agent.

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

A research team has uncovered and reconstructed the complete biosynthetic pathway of polyphyllin II—a potent anticancer ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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