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Fungal biotechnology faces two valleys of death between lab and factory
Original: Fungal biotechnology faces two valleys of death on the road from lab to factory
Fungal biotechnology, which uses fungi to produce chemicals, materials and food ingredients, is being held back by two funding and scale-up gaps on the path from research to industrial production. According to the report, promising lab discoveries stall first when academic funding ends and again when investors hesitate to back costly pilot-scale fermentation facilities, leaving many innovations stuck before they reach commercial factories.
Why now: Growing interest in sustainable bio-based manufacturing has put a spotlight on why fungal innovations struggle to reach industrial scale.
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