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Biological Chemistry

Amyris to revise artemisinin route

by Melody M. Bomgardner
April 18, 2016 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 94, Issue 16

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Credit: Amyris
An Amyris researcher examines genetically modified microbes under a microscope.
A photo of an Amryis researcher examining genetically modified microbes under a microscope.
Credit: Amyris
An Amyris researcher examines genetically modified microbes under a microscope.

Industrial biotechnology firm Amyris will work to reduce the cost of making the malaria treatment artemisinin via fermentation with help from a $5 million investment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The company first developed its biotech route to the drug in 2005. The product is also derived from the herb sweet wormwood, but supplies are subject to shortages.

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