What is new in Biotech
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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...
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Gene delivery system uses nanostraws and electrical pulses to engineer cancer-fighting immune cells
23.5.2025 | Press monitoring
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a scalable, non-viral technology that efficiently delivers genetic material into human immune cells. The platform, called Nanostraw Electro-actuated Transfection (NExT), uses tiny hollow nanostructures and electrical pulses to insert a wide variety of biomolecules –...
Engineered bacteria can deliver antiviral therapies and vaccines
21.5.2025 | Press monitoring
New research from the University of Cincinnati demonstrates how specially engineered bacteria taken orally can operate as a delivery system for antiviral therapies and vaccines. The research, led by Nalinikanth Kotagiri, Ph.D., is published in the journal Gut Microbes. Kotagiri's lab focuses on engineering probiotic bacteria to accomplish a wide...
Marine-biodegradable polymer decomposes by 92% in one year, rivals nylon in strength
19.5.2025 | Press monitoring
Nylon-based products such as clothing and fishing nets are notoriously slow to degrade, especially in marine environments, contributing significantly to global ocean pollution. A Korean research team has now developed an innovative material that can be produced using existing manufacturing infrastructure and effectively addresses this problem....
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An ink that boosts coral settlement by 20 times could help rebuild reefs worldwide
16.5.2025 | Press monitoring
With coral reefs in crisis due to climate change, scientists have engineered a bio-ink that could help promote coral larvae settlement and restore these underwater ecosystems before it's too late. In a paper published in Trends in Biotechnology, researchers demonstrate that the ink could boost coral settlement by more than 20 times, which they...
Mass spectrometry method identifies pathogens within minutes instead of days
14.5.2025 | Press monitoring
Traditionally, bacterial diseases are diagnosed by the tedious isolation of pathogens and the creation of bacterial cultures. Waiting times of several days are the rule here. Only then can targeted treatment of the disease begin. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Imperial College London have developed a new method to...
Engineered Vibrio natriegens strain boosts bioremediation of complex pollutants in harsh environments
12.5.2025 | Press monitoring
A multi-institutional collaboration of synthetic biology research centers in China has developed a genetically engineered strain of Vibrio natriegens capable of bioremediating complex organic pollutants, including biphenyl, phenol, naphthalene, dibenzofuran, and toluene, in saline wastewater and soils. Microbial bioremediation methods typically...
