How this silkworm startup is taking on the pandemic Disrupting Japan: Startups and Innovation in Japan

Bio-tech is messy because life is complicated.



A lot of attention is given to computers sequencing genomes, but some of the most advanced and important work is done by studying and using other living things to make our own lives better.



Kenta Yamato co-founded Kaico to commercialize a technique that uses silkworms to manufacture small-batch custom proteins. And Kico is involved with everything from veterinary medicine to Japan's search for a coronavirus vaccine.



We also talk about the challenges or creating startups based on university technology and the one e-commerce model in Japan that just won't go away.



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