Cell Based Tech Weekly – DMC Biotechnologies L-alanine Pilot, Kerafast Partners with GFI, Biomilq’s Breast Milk

Boulder, Colorado based precision fermentation company, DMC Biotechnologies, successfully produced its lead product, L-alanine at pilot scale — demonstrating an important step towards full commercialization — set to happen later this year. https://cellbased.link/rxw 

• L-alanine is a non-essential amino acid used in human nutrition (sports nutrition, wellness), cosmetics (as a dermal hydrating agent) and medical grade food. 

Background: DMC’s technology uses metabolic engineering and cellular fermentation to reduce the cost of making chemicals, such as ingredients for animal feed or human nutrition or functional additives for cosmetics. 

Bottom Line: DMC Biotechnologies is developing specialty chemicals to replace products currently being made by extraction from agricultural residues; where DMC’s technology can significantly reduce the price. A DMC spokesperson informed me: the first product family will be amino acids for food and feed and is scheduled to be available by the end of 2020. 

Advancements

👏 Boston based Life Sciences company, Kerafast Inc., which supplies cell lines, antibodies, small molecules, and other products announced a partnership with The Good Food Institute. https://cellbased.link/unq 

• Partnership Details: Through the partnership, Kerafast will develop terrestrial meat and aquatic cell lines to be used for research and development of cell based meat and fish that can easily be ordered through the Kerafast catalog.
  
• Why We Care: According to the press release, access to validated cell lines could remove a major bottleneck in research progress for cultivated meat. 

^👏 Cell based meat company, Aleph Farms announced the opening of a public visitor center to showcase a transparent view on Aleph Farms production processes. https://cellbased.link/s0g 

👏 Biomilq, a new startup making cell cultured human breast milk, successfully produced predominant breast milk protein and sugar components using human mammary cells isolated outside of the body. 

• What This Means: Biomilq’s technology isolates human mammary cells and enables these cells to lactate. The result? “The full constellation of complex components in perfect proportion,” stated in a company Medium article. https://cellbased.link/k9v 

Lab Grown Foods (Non-Meat)

Lab grown foods (non-meat) are made through a process called precision fermentation. We’ve put together some imagery to help describe the process.

Invite friends and family to our quick breakdown: What is lab grown milk, eggs, heme and gelatin?

Events

Industrializing Cell-Based Meats Summit (2nd Year)
March 24-26, 2020
San Francisco, CA, USA