The Rise of Recombinant Proteins in Beauty - and Making them Scalable

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For years, recombinant proteins for beauty have emerged at tradeshows and conferences across the globe, including the December 2023 SCC Annual Meeting, the 2024 PCHi tradeshow in China and in-cosmetics GlobalDai, et al., reported in the April 2023 C&T that such innovations have been in the works for decades, and thanks to advances in genetic and cellular engineering, more effort has been put into recombinant collagen production. Considering the momentum they're gaining, here C&T explored recombinant proteins in beauty, including what they are, how they're used, market demand, future directions and their production with industry experts Mindy Goldstein, Ph.D., and Johnny Cordiner, CEO of the biotech firm Phenotypeca; his company recently joined forces with Hexis Lab for the identification and scale-up of difficult-to-produce recombinant proteins and peptides.

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