News Commentary | September 26, 2018
A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides strong evidence that young worker honeybees, which have ingested glyphosate, become immune‑compromised and are as susceptible as honeybees without a gut microbiota to bacterial infection. Linking glyphosate to the ... Not part of subscription
Technology | November 26, 2019
Ingredients like colors, flavors, preservatives, hydrocolloids, and emulsifiers derived from "natural" sources as substitutes for synthetic counterparts for food and beverage applications. Not part of subscription
Company Snapshot | December 09, 2019
The company was started by the van Cutsem and Knight families under the direction of founding director Hugh van Cutsem. The company is a developer of a biopesticide derived from garlic extract, the active ingredients of which are a unique set of diallyl polysulfides (DAS). The company claims ... Not part of subscription
by Kristin Marshall and Charles Willard
After launching a handful of limited-release products ranging from neckties to knife handles, this is the first commercial effort by Bolt Threads to bring a spider silk-based product to market. Following the lead of AMSilk, which has been successfully selling spider silk protein-based cosmetic ingredients for more than a year, Eighteen B will utilize the unspun spider silk protein to avoid high spinning costs. The inclusion of silk proteins in cosmetic products is not new – Silk Therapeutics has a line of nearly 20 skin and body care products containing silk made by silkmoths – however, Eighteen B will produce its proteins via fermentation, potentially reducing hydrolyzation to increase their functionality in formulations.
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