Chinese ‘yeast factory’ boosts cancer drug production by 1,000 times
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- South China Morning Postseen 13 Aug, 12:40headline rewritten
Chinese yeast factory boosts cancer drug production speed 1,000 timesChinese ‘yeast factory’ boosts cancer drug production by 1,000 times
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Thu, 13 August 2026
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Chinese yeast factory boosts cancer drug production speed 1,000 timesA research team at Zhejiang University (ZJU) has cracked a molecular puzzle, turning ordinary yeast into a powerful factory for an expensive cancer drug and boosting its production by a thousand times. The anticancer drug vinblastine has long been sourced exclusively from the Madagascar periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) plant. But it takes up to 2 tonnes of dried leaves to yield just 1 gram (0.03 ounce) of vinblastine, making it more expensive than gold by weight. This extreme scarcity has...