Dec. 17 at 6:59 PM
In a recent International Business Times article, eXoZymes (Nasdaq:
$EXOZ ) addressed one of biotech’s persistent frustrations: why promising molecules discovered in the lab so rarely make it to commercial scale.
eXoZymes Inc. is a B2i Digital Featured Company. See their full profile at https://b2idigital.com/exozymes-1.
The article examines the track record of cell-based synthetic biology approaches, which have often underdelivered on their promise. Living cells, it turns out, resist being repurposed as factories. They produce only what benefits them, in the amounts they need, and scaling production from lab bench to industrial bioreactor has proven stubbornly difficult. As described in the article, eXoZymes takes a different approach: using AI to engineer enzymes that work outside of cells entirely, in controlled bioreactors where temperature, pH, and other variables can be optimized for maximum yield.
CEO Michael Heltzen framed the challenge this way: “Cells weren’t built to manufacture what we need, and they fight us every step of the way as they only want to make chemicals they themselves benefit from and only at the amount they need it. Using AI-engineered eXoZymes, we flip the model, as there are no living cells in our biosolutions.” According to the article, the company reports feedstock-to-product conversion efficiency exceeding 90 percent.
Read the complete article: https://www.ibtimes.com/ai-meets-enzymes-exozymes-enables-high-yield-production-compounds-previously-impossible-make-3792509
eXoZymes is a Los Angeles, California-based biotechnology company pioneering cell-free biomanufacturing through AI-engineered enzymes that transform sustainable feedstock into nutraceuticals, medicines, and essential chemicals. The company’s proprietary exozyme platform offers a scalable alternative to traditional petrochemical processes, with technology validated through publications in Nature Communications and Nature Chemical Biology.
eXoZymes is led by an experienced management team including Michael Heltzen, CEO; Damien Perriman, CCO; Dr. Tyler Korman, CSO and Co-founder; Dr. Paul Opgenorth, VP of Development and Co-founder; Fouad Nawaz, VP of Finance; Dr. Zachary Karl, Ph.D., VP of Business Development; Lasse H. Görlitz, VP of Communications; and Amy Lunzer, Chief of Staff.
To learn more about eXoZymes Inc., visit https://exozymes.com. For investor inquiries, visit https://exozymes.com/investor.
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