# What a brewery can teach the chemical industry > HelixNews · Web page: https://helixnews.one/story/2483152 · All pages for agents: https://helixnews.one/llms.txt 1 outlet covering · First listed: Phys.org, Nov 12, 2026, 3:20 PM · Read it: What do you do when the chemical you want to make is toxic to the microbe making it? It is a problem that limits efforts to replace oil-based manufacturing with biology, and one that researchers in the Sustainable Commodity Chemicals through Enzyme Engineering and Design project are approaching by borrowing a principle from brewing. ## Who's covering it In the order they published: - Nov 12, 2026, 3:20 PM: [What a brewery can teach the chemical industry]() — Phys.org (Science news) What do you do when the chemical you want to make is toxic to the microbe making it? It is a problem that limits efforts to replace oil-based manufacturing with biology, and one that researchers in the Sustainable Commodity Chemicals through Enzyme Engineering and Design project are approaching by borrowing a principle from brewing.