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fromHarvard Gazette
2 weeks ago

Materializing safe, on-demand living therapeutics - Harvard Gazette

Implantable living materials encapsulate engineered E. coli that sense nearby pathogens and release therapeutics while resisting mechanical stress for localized treatment.
fromScienceDaily
4 months ago

This new sugar tastes like the real thing without the usual downsides

Scientists at Tufts have found a way to turn common glucose into a rare sugar that tastes almost exactly like table sugar-but with far fewer downsides. Using engineered bacteria as microscopic factories, the team can now produce tagatose efficiently and cheaply, achieving yields far higher than current methods. Tagatose delivers nearly the same sweetness as sugar with significantly fewer calories, minimal impact on blood sugar, and even potential benefits for oral and gut health.
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