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Beetles, other bugs could yield biotech revolutions

Could beetles, butterflies and other bugs yield the next generation of antibiotics and biotech enzymes? That’s what a new German research programme aims to find out. The “Insect Biotechnology” programme is a joint effort of the Justus-Leibig-University Giessen and the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. “Up to now, there has been no facility

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Better biotech could cut CO2 emissions by billions of tonnes

Improved industrial biotechnology — everything from finding better ways to turn waste into fuel to speeding up the time it takes to bake bread — could reduce the planet’s carbon emissions by up to 2.5 billion tonnes per year, according to the WWF. That’s more than all the CO2

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Report sets out UK's low-carbon biotech goals

The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation and Growth Team (IB-IGT) today published its report on how UK industry can maximise opportunities in a low-carbon economy. By 2025, the report envisions the UK will see “the power and benefits of IB being fully evidenced across the UK chemical and chemical-using industries, driven by

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New effort says biotech key to low-carbon future

Novozymes and WWF are launching a climate programme that focuses on the use of biotechnology to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. “Biosolutions Initiative: Eliminating the First Billion Tonnes of CO2” maps out how and where biotechnology can pave the way toward a low-carbon and green economy. The organisations say biotech is