Zhejiang University’s Breakthrough Could Slash Costs of Ultra-Expensive Cancer Drugs with 1,000× Production Boost
The official WeChat account of Zhejiang University published a blog post today (July 17) stating that its research team has overcome the bottleneck in the synthesis of high-priced anticancer drugs, achieving a yield of vinblastine, the direct precursor of vinblastine, in yeast of 164.9 mg/L, nearly 1000 times higher than previously reported levels. According to…