<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-and-events/news/building-nanofactories-to-help-make-medicines-and-more.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><pubDate>04/27/2022</pubDate><title>Building ‘nanofactories’ to help make medicines and more</title><description><p>Spartan research in the lab of Cheryl Kerfeld could lead to efficient, low-cost chemical reactions for valuable products with help from teensy compartments made by bacteria.</p></description><author/><hero-image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2022/building-nanofactories.jpg" alt="bacterial microcompartments"/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2022/building-nanofactories.jpg" alt="bacterial microcompartments"/></image><tags><tag>Fundamental Research</tag><tag>Kerfeld lab</tag></tags></item>