E. coli that's recoded to be virus resistant could help drug manufacturing

Altering Escherichia coli's genetic code could allow the recoded bacterium to be grown in massive vats for drug manufacturing, with out the danger of a viral an infection upending the method

Genetically engineered Escherichia coli is involved in the growth of many chemicals and drugs, such as insulin, but unmodified versions of the bacteria can be infected by viruses

Genetically engineered Escherichia coli is concerned within the manufacturing of many chemical compounds and medicines, equivalent to insulin, however unmodified variations of the bacterium could be contaminated by viruses

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Some viruses can infect and kill a recoded Escherichia coli bacterium that was supposedly immune to all viral infections, however additional modifications have made the bacterium way more virus-resistant.

Many chemical compounds and medicines, equivalent to insulin, are produced by rising genetically engineered E. coli in massive vats, however bacteria-infecting viruses referred to as bacteriophages can wreak havoc. “If a single bacteriophage will get into these …