What is new in Biotech
Novel nanotechnology turns water waste into fertilizer
16.6.2025 | Press monitoring
Excessive nutrients in wastewater can lead to detrimental discharges into natural water bodies, prompting harmful algal blooms with severe environmental and economic repercussions. To address this pressing issue, a team of engineers in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis has developed an innovative...
Genetically modified T. kivui gains ability to metabolize carbon monoxide
13.6.2025 | Press monitoring
The bacterium Thermoanaerobacter kivui (T. kivui) was manipulated by a research team led by Stefan Pflügl from the Institute of Chemical, Environmental and Bioscience Engineering at TU Wien in such a way that it can metabolize carbon monoxide. When used in bioreactors, it can contribute to converting synthesis gas, which consists of carbon...
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Edible, biodegradable nanofibers created from milk protein and plant cellulose
11.6.2025 | Press monitoring
Milk protein and cellulose derived from plants may be the next big thing in sustainability, thanks to a first-of-its-kind advancement made by researchers at Penn State. Accomplished via electrospinning, which involves using a voltage to force a liquid solution into a cone shape that stretches and morphs into tiny fibers as the solution jets from...
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In-insect synthesis: Caterpillar factories produce fluorescent nanocarbons
9.6.2025 | Press monitoring
Researchers led by Kenichiro Itami at the RIKEN Pioneering Research Institute (PRI) / RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have successfully used insects as mini molecule-making factories, marking a breakthrough in chemical engineering. Referred to as "in-insect synthesis," this technique offers a new way to create and modify...
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Engineered oilseed crop produces high levels of powerful antioxidant
6.6.2025 | Press monitoring
In a major step forward for sustainable pigment production, scientists have successfully engineered the oilseed crop Camelina sativa to produce high levels of astaxanthin – a valuable red antioxidant used to color farmed salmon and shrimp – using plant-derived genes rather than bacterial pathways. The findings, from a joint US/UK research team of...
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Stealthy lipid nanoparticles give mRNA vaccines a makeover
4.6.2025 | Press monitoring
Nový materiál z Cornell University by mohl zásadně zlepši transport a účinnost mRNA vakcín. Nahrazuje běžně používanou látku, která u některých lidí vyvolává nežádoucí imunitní odpověď. Pozoruhodné mRNA vakcíny se osvědčily během pandemie covid-19
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Dinosaurs could hold key to cancer discoveries: Study highlights importance of preserving fossilized soft tissues
2.6.2025 | Press monitoring
New techniques used to analyze soft tissue in dinosaur fossils may hold the key to new cancer discoveries, according to a study published in the journal Biology. Researchers from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and Imperial College London analyzed dinosaur fossils using advanced paleoproteomic techniques, a method that holds promise for uncovering...
Nanoparticle-cell interface enables electromagnetic wireless programming of mammalian transgene expression
30.5.2025 | Press monitoring
Recent technological advances are fueling the development of cutting-edge technologies that can monitor and control physiological processes with high precision. These include devices that could control the expression of genes within living organisms, without requiring invasive surgeries or procedures. Researchers at ETH Zurich recently introduced...
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Targeting malaria at the source: Drug-treated nets eliminate parasites in resistant mosquitoes
28.5.2025 | Press monitoring
Researchers have identified a type of chemical compound that, when applied to insecticide-treated bed nets, appears to kill the malaria-causing parasite in mosquitoes. Published in the journal Nature, the multi-site collaborative study represents a breakthrough for a disease that continues to claim more than half a million lives worldwide every...
Organoid research platform allows investigation of antiviral immunity in bats
26.5.2025 | Press monitoring
Bats are known as natural hosts for highly pathogenic viruses such as MERS- and SARS-related coronaviruses, as well as the Marburg and Nipah viruses. In contrast to the severe and often fatal disease outcomes these viruses cause in humans, bats generally do not show obvious signs of viral illness following infection. An international research...
