They are injected back into the tumor, where they become little bioreactors that release IL-12.

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The microbes grow in closed glass bioreactors and are fed waste CO2, sunlight, and nutrients.

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One of the earliest algae companies, Algenol has been testing its tubes of ethanol-producing so-called photo-bioreactors for four years.

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The implants in the procedures were grown in bioreactors developed by the regenerative medicine device business of Harvard Bioscience.

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Whether grown in bioreactors or in desert ponds, algal oil mostly sidesteps the food and land conflicts that potentially can limit other biofuels.

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The company is in discussions with locating plants near power plants and cement factories where the scrubbed gases can be piped into its bioreactors.

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Solazyme grows heterotrophic algae in bioreactors.

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