Companies rush to build ‘bio-factories’ for medicines, flavorings and fuel

October 25, 2013

Newman’s biotech company is creating new organisms, most forms of genetically modified yeast, at the dizzying rate of more than 1,500 a day. Some convert sugar into medicines. Others create moisturizers that can be used in cosmetics. And still others make biofuel, a renewable energy source usually made from corn. (Washington Post)