Vaccine-enhancing plant extract could be mass produced in yeast

Ryan Nett ()

Nature, 2024, vol. 629, issue 8013, 760-761

Abstract: The Chilean soapbark tree is the source of QS-21 — a valuable but hard-to-obtain vaccine additive. Yeast strains engineered to express all components of the QS-21 biosynthetic pathway provide an alternative route to this therapeutic.

Keywords: Vaccines; Biochemistry; Biotechnology; Synthetic biology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-01210-5

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