A New Lab Is Brewing Microbes to Create Makeup and Medicines

Published: Feb. 12, 2019, 4:32 p.m.

b'On the third floor of a back building on Verily\\u2019s South San Francisco campus, ten white machines emit a low-pitched hum. Atop each one sits a plastic container so jammed with tubes and sensors it looks like a protein shake on life support. Inside, beige-colored broth bubbles away while tiny high-res cameras capture the frothy footage and stream it to the cloud.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'