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Microbes stomp daffodils in creating valuable anti-Alzheimer\'s drug
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Microbes stomp daffodils in creating valuable anti-Alzheimer\'s drug

13.3.2024   |   Press monitoring

Using an AI-based approach, researchers found a better way to create the drug galantamine, commonly prescribed to people suffering from Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. The fermentation-based technique could boost the drug's availability. Team of researchers from the University of Texas (UT) has called upon E. coli once again, this time...

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Lab-grown liver organoid to speed up turtle research and make useful traits easier to harness

11.3.2024   |   Press monitoring

The three-dimensional clusters grown from adult stem cells are called organoids and are designed to assist in research. In a paper published in Communications Biology, Nicole Valenzuela, professor of ecology, evolution, and organismal biology at Iowa State, and her colleagues describe their creation of organoids that mimic a liver from three...

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USDA approves stunning bioluminescent firefly petunias for sale

8.3.2024   |   Press monitoring

The USDA has approved Light Bio's "Firefly Petunias," and the company is taking US$29 pre-orders on these remarkable gene-edited houseplants. They glow in the dark, making them a captivating home decor addition for science buffs. They're indistinguishable from regular petunias during the day, but thanks to some genes spliced in from naturally...

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Marine algae implants could boost crop yields

6.3.2024   |   Press monitoring

Scientists have discovered the gene that enables marine algae to make a unique type of chlorophyll. They successfully implanted this gene in a land plant, paving the way for better crop yields on less land. Finding the gene solves a long-standing mystery among scientists about the molecular pathways that allow the algae to manufacture this...

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Astonishing scar-free surgery prints living skin right into wounds
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Astonishing scar-free surgery prints living skin right into wounds

4.3.2024   |   Press monitoring

The skin of the head and face is vital to protecting the structures underlying it. It’s also integral to our identity. Full-thickness skin damage caused by traumatic injury to or extensive surgery on the face or head – to remove a cancerous tumor, say – can negatively impact a person’s confidence and self-esteem. Despite advances in plastic and...

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Novel RNA- or DNA-based substances can protect plants from viruses, scientists show

1.3.2024   |   Press monitoring

Individually tailored RNA or DNA-based molecules are able to reliably fight off viral infections in plants, according to a new study by the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). The researchers were able to fend off a common virus using the new active substances in up to 90% of cases. They also developed a method for finding substances...

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Nanotweezers manipulate bacteriophages with minimal optical power, a breakthrough for phage therapy
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Nanotweezers manipulate bacteriophages with minimal optical power, a breakthrough for phage therapy

28.2.2024   |   Press monitoring

Scientists at EPFL have developed a game-changing technique that uses light to manipulate and identify individual bacteriophages without the need for chemical labels or bioreceptors, potentially accelerating and revolutionizing phage-based therapies that can treat antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Phage therapy, the use of bacteriophages...

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Radioactive fruit sugar lights up cancer and inflammation
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Radioactive fruit sugar lights up cancer and inflammation

26.2.2024   |   Press monitoring

A radioactive form of fructose, a natural sugar found in fruit, given to mice lit up areas of cancer and inflammation on a diagnostic medical scan. The researchers say the approach makes diseases easier to spot than current techniques and opens the door to new avenues of early detection. A positron emission tomography or PET scan often relies on...

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Mosquito-spreading drones could slash the spread of disease
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Mosquito-spreading drones could slash the spread of disease

23.2.2024   |   Press monitoring

First of all, how could adding mosquitos to the environment reduce the spread of malaria and other mosquito-borne diseases? Well, it all comes down to a process known as "sterile insect technique" (SIT). In a nutshell, SIT involves rendering captive male mosquitos sterile, then releasing them into areas where wild female mosquitos are present....

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Synthetic antibody could be key to a universal antivenom
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Synthetic antibody could be key to a universal antivenom

21.2.2024   |   Press monitoring

Scientists have made a synthetic antibody that can prevent paralysis and death inflicted by the venom of elapids, a large family of mostly deadly snakes found around the world. The discovery has us slithering ever closer to developing a single, universal antivenom that could protect us against all venomous snakes. Australia, Asia, and Africa, in...

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