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Key Process to Be Modernized in Production of Lifesaving Drugs, Food Preservation
September 11, 2017
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Sept. 11 -- Purdue University issued the following news release:

A consortium of experts is working to modernize a process that is used in making a wide range of products, from freeze-dried space foods to lifesaving wonder drugs.

The process, called "lyophilization," removes water at low temperature and pressure. Lyophilization is needed for products that would be damaged if they were dried by heating, but it can be slow, energy-intensive . . .

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