Ginkgo will develop and optimize strains to supply practical oligosaccharides for NAMUH’s toddler vitamin merchandise
BOSTON, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — NAMUH, an toddler vitamin firm, and Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA), which is constructing the main platform for cell programming and biosecurity, immediately introduced a multi-product collaboration to develop practical oligosaccharides which might be structurally similar to these present in human breast milk.
NAMUH’s mission is to create full toddler components merchandise considerably corresponding to human breast milk, all the way down to the molecular stage. Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) are important fiber-like vitamins distinctive to human milk that present an vital power supply to helpful intestine micro organism in infants. Despite being the third most considerable part in human milk, HMOs are presently a small part in toddler formulation, if current in any respect.
Currently, NAMUH’s proprietary expertise offers for an economical supply of a household of HMOs by way of yeast fermentation. Through this partnership, NAMUH will leverage Ginkgo’s experience in yeast pressure engineering and fermentation course of improvement to allow the manufacturing of varied HMOs by means of yeast fermentation and work to unlock the opportunity of making toddler components nutritionally strong and far nearer to human breast milk.
“Consumer demand for top of the range, secure, toddler vitamin merchandise is rising, and NAMUH is thrilled to companion with Ginkgo to speed up our market entry into this quickly evolving class,” stated Dr. Chaeyoung Shin, founder and CEO at NAMUH. “We imagine engineering biology is the right option to produce essential vitamins for infants, and along with Ginkgo, we’re excited to play a key function in enhancing how future generations are fed.”
“At Ginkgo, we hunt down companions like NAMUH which might be utilizing biology to create category-leading merchandise in legacy industries,” stated Jason Kelly, CEO and co-founder of Ginkgo Bioworks. “Countless households all over the world depend on toddler components day-after-day, and we’re thrilled to be working with NAMUH as they goal to create a more healthy, safer components that oldsters can rely upon.”
About NAMUH
NAMUH (“HUMAN” spelled backwards) is an toddler vitamin startup with a mission to shut the unacceptable vitamin hole between breast milk and components. NAMUH is utilizing the ability of science to assist infants entry much-needed vitamin that is presently out there solely by means of breastfeeding. For extra data go to https://wearenamuh.com/ or comply with us on LinkedIn, Instagram (@weare_namuh), and Twitter (@wernamuh).
About Ginkgo Bioworks
Ginkgo Bioworks is the main horizontal platform for cell programming, offering versatile, end-to-end providers that remedy challenges for organizations throughout numerous markets, from meals and agriculture to prescribed drugs to industrial and specialty chemical compounds. Ginkgo’s biosecurity and public well being unit, Concentric by Ginkgo, is constructing world infrastructure for biosecurity to empower governments, communities, and public well being leaders to forestall, detect and reply to all kinds of organic threats. For extra data, go to ginkgobioworks.com and concentricbyginkgo.com, learn our blog, or comply with us on social media channels akin to Twitter (@Ginkgo and @ConcentricByGBW), Instagram (@GinkgoBioworks and @ConcentricByGinkgo), or LinkedIn.
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