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II09 Thumb m2.pngModule 2 - Encapsulsation

Overview

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Aside from aiding in pill manufacture, encapsulation (Module 2) allows the safe passage of polypetides through the stomach into the intestine. The encapsulation process involves the production of a physical barrier, acid resistance proteins and the preservative trehalose. Without encapsulation, our polypeptides would be denatured and degraded by stomach acid and digestive proteases respectively.



Our solution represents a fusion between probiotic treatment & polypeptide encapsulation







Module 2 Contents

Acid Protection
Freeze Drying
Genetic Circuit
Wet Lab
Modelling

Mr. Gene   Geneart   Clontech   Giant Microbes


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