What do molecular biology and protein design have to do with improving sustainability and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels?

This cellular agriculture start-up hopes to add a tasty new animal-free ingredient to the menu.

Two biochemists found ways to use nature’s evolutionary processes to make new proteins. Those methods led to the development of new medicinal treatments, all thanks to something called ‘phage display’.

We’ve been able to harness the power of evolution to create biochemical tools that can build better medicines and cleaner fuels.