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Why Plant-Based Meat Safety Differs From That of Animal Protein

XTalks

But several researchers and experts have brought to light some food safety concerns of plant-based meat, and why it must be treated differently than that of animal protein. Because of their near-neutral pH and high protein and moisture content, plant-based meats are susceptible to microbial growth. Subject to Microbial Growth.

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Are Animal-Free Dairy Products Considered Vegan?

XTalks

Renegade Creamery makes plant-based cheese but adds milk proteins produced in strains of yeast and bacteria and uses an “artisan fermentation process.” The company says that the whey-protein-producing microbes are “fed” plant-based inputs and the milk protein is collected following fermentation. The jury is still out.

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Leading innovators in coronavirus vaccine components

Pharmaceutical Technology

The key component in all vaccines is one or more active ingredients made from viruses or bacteria, also called antigens, which generates an immune response. The active component of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tozinameran, contains the genetic code for the coronavirus spike protein, inside a lipid (fat) capsule.

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Leading freeze-drying systems suppliers for the pharmaceutical industry

Pharmaceutical Technology

Pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries widely use freeze-drying systems to protect vaccines, antibodies, antibiotics such as penicillin, blood plasma, proteins, enzymes, hormones, viruses, and bacteria from heat and minimise their biological activity.

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What is Cronobacter Sakazakii + Why Fairlife Milk is Dominating Dairy – Xtalks Life Food Podcast Ep. 110

XTalks

Cronobacter sakazakii , the bacteria linked to recent baby formula shortages and the Abbott infant formula recall, could soon join the federal disease watchlist. Fairlife milk boasts 50 percent higher levels of protein and calcium while containing 50 percent less sugar compared to traditional milk, while also being lactose-free.

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BioIVT acquires Cypex to boost portfolio  

Drug Discovery World

Based in Dundee, Cypex manufactures recombinant xenobiotic metabolizing enzymes with its product portfolio covering a wide range of proteins involved in drug metabolism. . This technology enables the expression of human drug-metabolizing enzymes in bacteria, without requiring large modifications to the proteins.?

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What Do We Really Know About Macrophage Programming?

XTalks

Macrophages are white blood cells that specialize in the detection, phagocytosis and destruction of bacteria and other harmful organisms. In other words, when fighting bacteria, the macrophages are programmed to be pro-inflammatory. They found a protein called Rspondin3, which is released at high levels during inflammatory injury.

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