“I want to make everything from a single sugar."

- Jay Keasling, #BioBSE Senior Faculty Scientist, on engineering yeast to make the adjuvant QS-21, an important additive in vaccines that stimulates the immune system

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Learn more:
https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2024/05/13/using-biology-to-make-vaccine-adjuvants-more-available/

Using Biology to Make Vaccine Adjuvants More Available - Biosciences Area

Scientists engineer microbes to produce a complex plant-based molecule that is widely used to increase the effectiveness of vaccines

Biosciences Area