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  • U of I team develops automated platform for plasmid production

    May 16, 2022 2:45 pm by April WendlingInnovation
    The Illinois Biological Foundry for Advanced Biomanufacturing (iBioFAB) supports the automated construction of plasmids through a new platform called PlasmidMaker. Credit: CABBI

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    • The Illinois Biological Foundry for Advanced Biomanufacturing (iBioFAB) supports the automated construction of plasmids through a new platform called PlasmidMaker. Credit: CABBI

    These small, circular DNA molecules are well known for their applications in the production of therapeutic proteins like insulin, but designing and constructing them has been one of the most time-consuming, labor-intensive steps in biology research.