Ventria Bioscience is a biopharmaceutical company with operations in Junction City, KS committed to enhancing and saving lives. The company's core technology called ExpressTec uses self-pollinating crops such as rice and barley to provide a safe and closed production system.

Lactiva™ and Lysomin™ are two of Ventria’s products. Both of these products are found naturally in breast milk and have numerous beneficial effects for children who are breastfeeding. Through the ExpressTec system, Ventria discovered a method of making these proteins in an affordable system, allowing for their commercial introduction into pediatric health products.

A recent clinical study demonstrated that two of Ventria’s products, Lactiva™ and Lysomin™, when added to standard Oral Rehydration Solution, helped to reduce the duration of diarrhea in children by 30%, from 5.2 days to 3.7 days. Childhood diarrhea is the second leading killer of children, claiming 1.9 million lives annually.