I don’t think I know enough about the details of the full history of bioprocessing to do a post on it, but if you wanted to learn more about bioprocessing in general I highly recommend watching the 2nd episode of Pain, Pus and Poison: A search for Modern medicines by Michael Mosley. The documentary highlights what life was like before bioprocessing of medicine was like, how bioprocessing came about and how useful it has been. In first year this documentary sparked my interest and my motivation to work in the field – it’s interesting yet informative, and not hard to follow. You can buy the episode to watch on Amazon and a few other websites such as enhancetv.com.au, or if you’re doing a degree in this subject you could watch it for free on http://www.learningonscreen.ac.uk.
Bioprocessing Explained 