Bioengineers close to brewing opioid painkillers without using opium from poppies
Monday, August 25, 2014 - 01:31
in Health & Medicine
A process that uses genetically engineering yeast cells to replicate the entire opioid production process, eliminating the need to grow poppies, is close to conclusion, one researcher reports. Her ultimate goal is to produce opioid medicines, from start to finish, in fermentation vats.