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Envirotec Magazine
AUGUST 17, 2022
Edinburgh-based biotechnology start-up MiAlgae has secured further investment of £2.3m Championing the circular economy, the company has developed a novel biotechnology platform which uses low-value coproducts from the food and drink industry as a feedstock to initially grow microalgae rich in Omega-3 oils.
Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Biotechnology firm MiAlgae has secured £14 million in funding to advance its operations and scale production. As a result, Omega-3 levels in farmed salmon have plummeted to the bare minimum required for their health. The 2023 launch of MiAlgae’s demonstrator site has proven the viability of its cutting-edge approach.
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Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 23, 2024
BIOMEM is a consortium led by Danish biotech company Aquaporin, with research led by Aston University’s Dr Alan Goddard. A project aiming to develop a novel bioinspired membrane to selectively extract compounds from water has won a €3m grant from the European Innovation Council (EIC) Pathfinder programme.
Green Tech Challenge
JANUARY 6, 2017
In 2016, World Energy Outlook made a study on air pollution as the fourth-largest threat to human health – but also to our environment. Green City Solutions' approach is based on biotechnology, a moss culture, which has the ability to attract air pollutants from its surroundings and convert them into its own biomass.
Grist
APRIL 17, 2021
This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified, or GM, mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Critics say they are concerned about the possible effects GM mosquitoes could have on human health and the environment. Gorman maintains that the company is not required to report formal health impact studies.
Business Green
MARCH 7, 2023
Jonathan Rand, who is part of the biotechnology business unit at CPI, agreed that reducing the amount of farmland used for animal agriculture by using more cultivated meats could have a "massive" impact on the wider environment. The environmental benefits of cultivated meat were also highlighted by industry insiders in the report.
Business Green
AUGUST 16, 2021
We also work to improve plant biotechnologies and have contributed to proof-of-concept studies demonstrating that genome editing can be used to develop useful traits in barley, brassica and potatoes by deleting just a few letters of DNA. We're using an incredible amount of land and water for agriculture.
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