CU-Boulder

October 21, 2023

CU-Boulder # Milking the New Whey # Bovine milk production significantly contributes to global warming, largely due to cow methane production. This research begins to solve this problem by using the more sustainable organism, soybeans, to generate a genetically equivalent form of whey protein found in bovine milk. Soybean fields use less land, energy, and produce fewer greenhouse gasses than milk farms, making them more sustainable for milk production. This research uses synthetic biology techniques to bioengineer the whey proteins alpha-lactalbumin and beta-lactoglobulin in soybeans. ...