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|Videos|August 27, 2021
Change your thinking for glycosylation
Author(s)Roche
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Traditional protein production involves the management of many variables for two separate outcomes: a high protein yield and the desired glycosylation. With the right tools, glycosylation can be uncoupled from fermentation. Roche CustomBiotech calls this in-vitro glycoengineering, or IVGE. This video will explain a little more about the paradigm changing IVGE.
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