Cells, Who Needs Them? - Nature Technology Feature

Cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) offers a way for scientists to control the expression process without fighting against cells’ limitations. For Nature Technology Feature, Amber Dance highlights CFPS systems, including comments from New England Biolabs Production Scientist Emily Chen, Ph.D. on the benefits of CFPS for researchers.

E. coli cell lysate-based CFPS systems, like the NEBExpress Cell-free E. coli Protein Synthesis System, offer high yields at lower costs, which Chen says can be especially good for start-up companies and labs without the all the equipment for cell-based protein production.

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