Portable medicine kits can now manufacture life-saving proteins without using living cells
Innovative bio-manufacturing kits use freeze-dried molecular machinery to produce essential medicines on demand, eliminating the need for refrigerated supply chains and traditional laboratory settings.
Scientists have developed a cell-free system that packs the machinery of a living cell into a portable, shelf-stable kit. By using freeze-dried enzymes and DNA, these kits can manufacture complex proteins like insulin or antibodies simply by adding water.
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