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Destructive insects produce high-value products from biowaste
15.10.2021 | Press monitoring
European researchers and industries are putting insects to work – from termites that destroy wooden buildings to insect larvae that are star "poop" composters. Packaging, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and animal feed are just some of the products they are beetling away to make for us. "In a nutshell, insects are prolific eaters and reproducers...
Anti-aging drug acts as a smart bomb to take out dysfunctional cells
13.10.2021 | Press monitoring
“Senolytics are a new class of drugs with great potential to ameliorate aging," says the University of Leicester's Dr Salvador Macip, study author. “However, the ones we have found so far are quite unspecific and thus may have strong side effects. That is why there is much interest in a second generation of drugs, the targeted senolytics, which...
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Harbinger molecules could predict dementia up to 5 years in advance
11.10.2021 | Press monitoring
Earlier detection of dementia could open up far more effective ways to treat and manage the condition, and one place scientists are increasingly turning to for warning signs is the blood. A new study has further broadened the possibilities in this area, pinpointing a set of molecules the authors describe as a "harbinger" of the condition two to...
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Living medicine recruits bacteria to fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs
8.10.2021 | Press monitoring
Scientists have demonstrated a new way to fight antibiotic-resistant superbugs by pitting bacteria against each other. The team engineered a common bacteria to safely colonize the surface of medical implants, where it produced enzymes that dissolve superbug biofilms. Staphylococcus aureus (or S. aureus) is a dangerous bacteria that’s increasingly...
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Sequence every newborn’s DNA? Despite obstacles, UK pushes ahead
6.10.2021 | Press monitoring
„Five to 7% of people are born with a rare disease, and many could be treated very early in their life” if the disease is detected, says Richard Scott, chief medical officer of Genomics England, a government-funded company. Genome sequencing could help. “The costs have come down so much that we’re now at a tipping point where it’s wrong not...
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New nanomaterial for treatment of skin infections
4.10.2021 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS (IOCB Prague) and the Technical University of Liberec in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Microbiology of the CAS, the Department of Burns Medicine of the Third Faculty of Medicine at Charles University (Czech Republic), and P. J. Šafárik University...
Reverse vaccine trains immune system not to attack beneficial drugs
1.10.2021 | Press monitoring
The immune system is a powerful weapon protecting us from dangerous infection, but sometimes it can get a little overzealous and attack things that are trying to help us. A new preclinical treatment could one day help, using a kind of “reverse vaccine” to train the immune system to ignore specific drugs or molecules. So if vaccination works by...
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Entire genome of common forest pest, Eurasian spruce bark beetle, now revealed
29.9.2021 | Press monitoring
Researchers have successfully mapped the entire genome of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle. The breakthrough paves the way for new research into bark beetles and better prospects for effective pest control of a species that can destroy more than 100 million cubic meters of spruce forest during a single year in Europe and Asia. Mapping the genome...
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Microneedle patch penetrates biofilms to treat chronic wounds
27.9.2021 | Press monitoring
Chronic wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers can be very difficult to treat, partially because of antibiotic-resistant "biofilms" that form over the affected tissue. A new type of microneedle patch, however, has been shown to deliver medication through such films. Bacterial bioflms are made up of colonies of bacteria that stick together by...
When organoids meet coronaviruses
24.9.2021 | Press monitoring
Researchers from the group of Hans Clevers in collaboration with the group of Bart Haagmans (Erasmus MC) established an organoid biobank to search for the genes that are essential for the spreading of a SARS-CoV2 infection. Organoids are tiny 3D structures grown from stem cells that mimic organ function. To find out more about the host factors...
