bioreactor

noun

bio·re·ac·tor | \ ˌbī-ō-rē-ˈak-tər

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Definition of bioreactor

: a device or apparatus in which living organisms and especially bacteria synthesize useful substances (such as interferon) or break down harmful ones (as in sewage)

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Recent Examples on the Web Johnson & Johnson had said last year that Emergent would be making vaccine in single-use, 1,000-liter bioreactor bags. — BostonGlobe.com, "Biden vaccination goal stands despite plant contamination, White House says," 5 Apr. 2021 Last week the company showed journalists some of the production equipment, including the bioreactor, a metal drum where the mRNA is produced from raw material fed in by tubes and carefully monitored. — Star Tribune, "Amid AstraZeneca setback, Germany banks on homegrown vaccine," 31 Mar. 2021 Instead, chicken cells were steeped in a nutrient solution and grown in a bioreactor in a Singapore manufacturing facility. — Jon Emont, WSJ, "Real Meat That Vegetarians Can Eat," 6 Mar. 2021 In the bioreactor, the vaccine is introduced from viral banks that are carefully tracked to ensure consistent quality. — Alex Knapp, Forbes, "Little-Known Publicly Traded Company Given Massive Deal To Manufacture One-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine," 1 Mar. 2021 In the lab, researchers use cell cultures to grow them in what’s called a bioreactor. — Popular Science, "Ramping up COVID-19 vaccine production is harder than it seems," 19 Feb. 2021 Last month, from Singapore, came news of the world’s first commercial sale of cell-cultured meat, the product of a bioreactor instead of a slaughterhouse. — Matthew Scully, National Review, "Hello Cultured Meat, Goodbye to the Cruelty of Industrial Animal Farming," 17 Jan. 2021 In an effort to solve the bioreactor logjam at national level, a task-force composed of drug company representatives and health officials has been holding weekly meetings. — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, "Russia Struggles to Make Promised Doses of Its Sputnik V Vaccine," 10 Dec. 2020 But replicating the process from the lab to the nearby factory floor has proved tricky because scientists need to tweak the vaccine’s recipe depending on the bioreactor. — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, "Russia Struggles to Make Promised Doses of Its Sputnik V Vaccine," 10 Dec. 2020

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bioreactor

noun

bio·re·ac·tor | \ ˌbī-ō-rē-ˈak-tər

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Medical Definition of bioreactor

: a device or apparatus in which living organisms and especially bacteria synthesize useful substances (as interferon) or break down harmful ones (as in sewage)

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