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Laser printing on fallen tree leaves produces sensors for medical and laboratory use
10.5.2024 | Press monitoring
Fabrication of sensors by 3D printing combines speed, freedom of design, and the possibility of using waste as a substrate. Various results have been obtained in a circular economy mode, whereby residues usually thrown away are instead used as low-cost resources. A highly creative solution involving the printing of electrochemical sensors on...
Quartet Nanocage vaccine found effective against coronaviruses that haven\'t even emerged yet
8.5.2024 | Press monitoring
Researchers have developed a new vaccine technology that has been shown in mice to provide protection against a broad range of coronaviruses with potential for future disease outbreaks – including ones we don't even know about. This is a new approach to vaccine development called "proactive vaccinology," where scientists build a vaccine before...
Marriage of synthetic biology and 3D printing produces programmable living materials
6.5.2024 | Press monitoring
Scientists are harnessing cells to make new types of materials that can grow, repair themselves and even respond to their environment. These solid "engineered living materials" are made by embedding cells in an inanimate matrix that's formed in a desired shape. Now, researchers report in ACS Central Science that they have 3D printed a bioink...
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Centipedes used in traditional Chinese medicine offer leads for kidney treatment
3.5.2024 | Press monitoring
A venomous, 8-inch centipede may be the stuff of nightmares, but it could save the life of those affected by kidney disease. Researchers report in the Journal of Natural Products that the many-legged critter – used in traditional Chinese medicine – contains alkaloids that in cell cultures reduced inflammation and renal fibrosis, which both...
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Bacteria nanowires could help develop green electronics
1.5.2024 | Press monitoring
Engineered protein filaments originally produced by bacteria have been modified by scientists to conduct electricity. In a study published recently in the journal Small, researchers revealed that protein nanowires – which were modified by adding a single compound – can conduct electricity over short distances and harness energy from moisture in...
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Using bacteriophage-derived lysin to target odor-causing bacteria in armpits
29.4.2024 | Press monitoring
Body odor from the armpits comes from bacteria metabolizing sweat produced by the apocrine glands. These bacteria are native to our skin, but the odors produced differ among people. Generally, people use deodorants on their armpits, but perhaps there is a way to get rid of the bacteria. To find out, a research team led by Osaka Metropolitan...
Bioelectronic chip detects vitamins C and D in saliva in under 20 minutes
26.4.2024 | Press monitoring
Vitamins C and D are micronutrients that play a vital role in the immune system as participants in the metabolic pathways involved in combating viruses and bacteria. Monitoring these vitamins in the organism can help ensure their levels are neither deficient nor excessive. However, the methods currently available for this require costly...
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Enhanced CRISPR method enables stable insertion of large genes into the DNA of higher plants
24.4.2024 | Press monitoring
Scientists at the Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB) have succeeded for the first time in stably and precisely inserting large gene segments into the DNA of higher plants very efficiently. To do this, they optimized the gene-editing method CRISPR/Cas, commonly known as "genetic scissors." The improved CRISPR method offers great...
Rice bran nanoparticles show promise as affordable and targeted anticancer agent
22.4.2024 | Press monitoring
Recent studies have demonstrated that plant-derived nanoparticles (pdNPs) that have therapeutic effects can be an effective alternative to traditional cancer treatments. However, no pdNPs have been approved as anticancer therapeutic agents till date. Rice bran is a byproduct generated during rice refining process that has limited utility and low...
New class of antimicrobials discovered in soil bacteria
19.4.2024 | Press monitoring
Researchers have discovered toxic protein particles, shaped like umbrellas, that soil bacteria known as Streptomyces secrete to squelch competitors, especially others of their own species. The umbrella toxin proteins are the latest example of these bacteria's varied, combative strikes on their microscopic rivals. The crowded, diverse bacteria...
