Designer enzyme enables yeast to produce custom fatty acids, reducing need for palm oil

Whether they are laundry detergents, mascara, or Christmas chocolate, many everyday products contain fatty acids from palm ...

Commercially viable biomanufacturing: Designer yeast turns sugar into lucrative chemical 3-HP

Using a tiny, acid-tolerant yeast, scientists have demonstrated a cost-effective way to make disposable diapers, ...
Study Finds

Drunk From Pizza? Rare ‘Auto-Brewery Syndrome’ Turns Carbs Into Alcohol

Study finds gut bacteria cause auto-brewery syndrome, where eating carbs leads to intoxication. Fecal transplants show ...
gut.bmj

Distinct microbial mediators link diet to inflammation in Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis

Background Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) arises from complex interactions among diet, host and gut microbiome. Although diet influences intestinal inflammation, the microbial and metabolic pathways ...
foodindustryexecutive

Pow.Bio and Bühler Join Forces to Advance Next-Generation Precision Fermentation

Alameda (US) and Uzwil (Switzerland), December 9, 2025 – Pow.Bio, the pioneer in AI-enabled continuous fermentation technology, and Bühler Group, the global solution provider for food, feed, and ...
The Stanford Daily

Stanford researchers model pathways to net zero for California

In 2018, the California state legislature set the goal of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2045 in the California Climate Crisis Act. In September of 2025, a team of Stanford researchers ...
Frontiers

Metabolic profiling of prebiotic, probiotic, and synbiotic supplements in a canine colonic fermentation model: a pilot feasibility study reveals distinct and complementary effects

Introduction: The gut microbiota is a central player in canine health, influencing digestion, immune modulation, and metabolic homeostasis. Microbiota imbalance fuels interest in dietary interventions ...
STAT

Compass Pathways expects earlier FDA approval decision on its psilocybin drug

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Compass Pathways, which ...
Inside Higher Ed

The Next Phase of the Guided Pathways Movement

In recent years, hundreds of community colleges have embraced the guided pathways model, a sweeping set of large-scale reforms to better steer students through academic programs and boost completion ...
eWeek

Google’s Gemma Model Helps Uncover Promising Cancer Therapy Pathway

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...
United States Golf Association

Pathways Launch Program Engages Golf Industry to Advance Next-Generation Careers

The USGA announced a groundbreaking collaboration with eight major golf entities, including the PGA TOUR and Pinehurst Resort, to form Pathways Launch, designed to widen the pipeline of golf’s future ...
Business Wire

Pathway Healthcare Creates a Novel, Scalable, and Replicable Triage Model in Behavioral Health Leveraging Watershed Health

Model solves disjointedness between behavioral health and physical health coordination, the weakest spot in the care continuum Major US health plan backing the partnership for broad implementation to ...