Infectious diseases, along with cancers, are among the main causes of death among
humans worldwide. The production of therapeutic proteins for treating diseases at large …

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is one of the most important evolutionary forces within
microbial populations. Although evidence for beneficial fitness effects of HGT is …

Microbial production of fuels and chemicals from renewable carbohydrate feedstocks offers
sustainable and economically attractive alternatives to their petroleum-based production …

The main focus in development of yeast cell factories has generally been on establishing
optimal activity of heterologous pathways and further metabolic engineering of the host …

Bioaugmentation, or the inoculation of microorganisms (eg, bacteria harboring the required
catabolic genes) into soil to enhance the rate of contaminant degradation, has great …

Microbial enzymes have been used in a large number of fields, such as chemical,
agricultural and biopharmaceutical industries. The enzyme production rate and yield are the …

Recombinant protein production represents a multibillion-dollar market. Therefore, it
constitutes an important research field both in academia and industry. The use of yeast as a …

Production of heterologous proteins, especially biopharmaceuticals and industrial enzymes,
in living cell factories consumes cellular resources. Such resources are reallocated from …

A major hurdle in the production of bioethanol with second-generation feedstocks is the high
cost of the enzymes for saccharification of the lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable …

Biologics have become an important area of medical research generating therapeutics
essential for the treatment of many disease states. Biologics are defined as biologically …