Topic of the month

Antibiotics vs. Probiotics: The Neverending War of Bacteria / Will Biotechnology Be the Salvation of Livestock Farms?

Recently, there has been much said about the functional food, a food that have positive impact on our health. Thanks to the TV, almost everyone knows that the probiotic food helps to preserve the intestinal bacterial microflora and boosts the natural defense of the organism. No less often we are told that the antibiotics treatment is often unnecessary. The scientists are trying to do their best to alert the physicians about the potential negative effects, and the physicians take the whole issue more responsible than it used to be.
[15.2.2008]  

Older topics of the month

The food wrappings can protect and inform the customers

What are the wrappings of the future going to be? Intelligent, active and biodegradable. The scientist developed, for example, the RFID-technology utilizing wrappings, that are able to communicate with a fridge or a microwave oven, signal the customer about the necessity of consumption or transfer the preparation information. Even now, there are wrappings being used that indicate the failure to keep the proper storage temperature or that are able to prevent the bacteria from multiplying. If we combine these unique properties with biodegradability, i.e. natural degradability, we are on the right way that the future development of wrapping materials is going to pursue in the decades to come, as found out by the editorial staff of Gate2Biotech.cz and Inovace.cz portals
[29.11.2007]  

GM Crops, Salvation or Threat?

Whereas the developed European countries are taking quite hesitative approach when it comes to the introduction of GM agricultural plants, the rest of the world tolerates them as the economically preferable option. Can the European reserved stance last any longer? According to an expert in the GMO field, Professor Drobník, the genetic revolution in agriculture is an inevitable event, and the sooner the European farmers and above all the consumers understand, the better.
[18.9.2007]  

Unique Czech biotechnologies can make billion-worth business in Russia

The Russian cosmic industry seeks new ways of exploiting its free capacities, and one of its biggest projects includes a major role of a unique Czech patented biotechnology. The technology solves the waste water disposal and purification including further utilization of the sludge for production of energy or high-quality fertilizers. The total investment potential of the projects in the countries of the former Soviet Union is estimated to several billions EUR.
[27.7.2007]  

The Tick Attack : The Physicians Are Testing New Ways of Treatment

The ticks are a nightmare of all the hikers, because one bite of a tick is enough to get a serious illness. Thanks to the warm climate, the ticks are recently thriving and the number of infected people is skyrocketing. The most topical medical research fortunately brings good news for us, for according to the recent clinical studies, in case of the Lyme-borelliose, a ten-day (or even four-day) antibiotics treatment is now enough, compared to the standard three weeks. Another way of helping the tourists is the project of mapping the tick occurence in the area of Czech Republic that should result in a precise description of the risky regions where the ticks are very abundant, as well as the epicenters of tick-borne encephalitis and boreliose.
[19.6.2007]