23. Training Yeast to Produce Cannabinoids with Andrew Horwitz, PhD

Описание: We talk with Dr. Andrew Horowitz Vice President, R&D at Sestina Bio LLC about producing cannabinoids outside the cannabis plant. Previously, Andrew managed the Cannabinoid R&D program at Demetrix, where he helped develop the process for using genetically modified yeast cells to produce cannabinoids. We discuss:

The advantages of using yeast cells to produce cannabinoids instead of cannabis and hemp plants 
How adjusting the precursor molecules that are fed to the yeast cells can produce rare and novel cannabinoids
How cannabis medicine researchers can use this technology to better understand the entourage effect
Why understanding the way the cannabis plant produces cannabinoids was essential to developing this technology 
How this technology is received by the cannabis community 

Thanks to our Sponsor: Demitrix
Demetrix is a biotechnology company that believes in the power of science to make the world a better place. The company produces safe, legal, and effective health and wellness products backed by science, including rare, high-purity cannabinoids for pharmaceutical and consumer applications.
To learn more, please visit www.demetrixbio.com, and be sure to check out their blog, www.demetrixbio.com/insights. 

Additional Resources
Sestina Bio, LLC website (https://www.sestinabio.com/) 
Demitrix blog (www.demetrixbio.com/insights) 
Luo, Xiaozhou et al. “Complete biosynthesis of cannabinoids and their unnatural analogues in yeast.” (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30814...
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