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Researchers create artificial enzyme for fast detection of disease-related hormone in sweat
27.3.2023 | Press monitoring
Researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed a handheld sensor that tests perspiration for cortisol and provides results in eight minutes, a key advance in monitoring a hormone whose levels are a marker for many illnesses including various cancers. Enzymes are substances made by living organisms that act as...
Developing smart light traps inspired by photosynthesis
24.3.2023 | Press monitoring
Plants use photosynthesis to harvest energy from sunlight. Now researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have applied this principle as the basis for developing new sustainable processes which in the future may produce syngas (synthetic gas) for the large-scale chemical industry and be able to charge batteries. Syngas, a mixture of...
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Scientists use tardigrade proteins for human health breakthrough
22.3.2023 | Press monitoring
University of Wyoming researchers' study of how microscopic creatures called tardigrades survive extreme conditions has led to a major breakthrough that could eventually make life-saving treatments available to people where refrigeration isn't possible. Thomas Boothby, an assistant professor of molecular biology, and colleagues have shown that...
Researchers create virus-resistant, safely restrained E. coli for medical, industrial applications
20.3.2023 | Press monitoring
In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, researchers have modified a strain of Escherichia coli bacteria to be immune to natural viral infections while also minimizing the potential for the bacteria or their modified genes to escape into the wild. The work promises to reduce the threats of viral contamination when...
Antibody fragment-nanoparticle therapeutic eradicates cancer
17.3.2023 | Press monitoring
A novel cancer therapeutic, combining antibody fragments with molecularly engineered nanoparticles, permanently eradicated gastric cancer in treated mice, a multi-institutional team of researchers found. The results of the "hit and run" drug delivery system, published in the March issue of Advanced Therapeutics, were the culmination of more...
Scientists transform algae into unique functional perovskites with tunable properties
15.3.2023 | Press monitoring
Scientists have transformed single-cell algae into functional perovskite materials. The team, led by scientists at the B CUBE–Center for Molecular Bioengineering at TU Dresden, converted mineral shells of algae into lead halide perovskites with tunable physical properties. The new perovskites have unique nano-architectures unachievable by...
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Bacteria genetically engineered to seek and destroy tumors
13.3.2023 | Press monitoring
Cancer tumors are particularly adept at evading the body’s immune response, making treatment difficult. A new study has genetically engineered a common gut bacteria, enabling it to seek out and destroy cancer tumors from the inside. The chemokine CXCL16 recruits T cells, the white blood cells that help fight infection and cancer, to infiltrate...
A dozen exotic bacteria are found to passively collect rare earth elements from wastewater
10.3.2023 | Press monitoring
Rare earth elements (REEs) are a group of 17 chemically similar metals, which got their name because they typically occur at low concentrations (between 0.5 and 67 parts per million) within Earth's crust. Because they are indispensable in modern technology such as light-emitting diodes, mobile phones, electromotors, wind turbines, hard disks,...
Trapping and killing superbugs with novel peptide nanonets
8.3.2023 | Press monitoring
National University of Singapore (NUS) pharmaceutical scientists have developed synthetic peptide nanonets for treating infections by bacteria strains resistant to last-resort antibiotics. In nature, trap-and-kill is a common immune defense mechanism employed by various species, including humans. In response to the presence of pathogens, peptides...
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Experimental vaccine reprograms cancer to launch immunotherapy attack
6.3.2023 | Press monitoring
Scientists have developed a new type of cancer vaccine that shows promise in clearing out leukemia in mice. The technique involves reprogramming cancer cells into immune cells so that they can teach the immune system how to fight off the disease. One of the most common forms of immunotherapy works by removing T cells from a patient, programming...
