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September 1st, 2012
BY LEAH GERMAIN
RESEARCHERS in America have revealed a novel way to transport molecules into algae, paving the way to harness such microorganisms to produce commercially viable biofuels, drugs, and other compounds. Algae are an increasingly popular ingredient in drug and vaccine manufacture.
"We show for the first time that a guanidinium-rich molecular transporter can deliver a variety of cargo in several algae species," said Bahram Parvin, a research scientist from the Life Sciences Division of the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National ...
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