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Scientists use gene editing to correct harmful mitochondrial mutations in human cells
25.6.2025 | Press monitoring
In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations in mitochondrial DNA using a genetic tool known as a base editor. The results, published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, offer new hope for people with rare genetic conditions. Mitochondria have their own small set...
Precision nanomachines deliver gene therapy to lymph nodes, suppressing breast cancer spread
23.6.2025 | Press monitoring
Sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs) serve as the first checkpoint in breast cancer metastasis and play a crucial role in halting cancer progression. However, in advanced cancers with metastatic potential, cytotoxic CD8-positive T cells, which are supposed to attack cancer cells, are inactivated through the protein TGF-?1 secreted by cancer cells in the...
Museomics highlights the importance of scientific museum collections
20.6.2025 | Press monitoring
Natural history museums have played a fundamental role in preserving scientific memory. However, many of these museums' scientific collections have remained underutilized in recent decades. The emergence of sequencing techniques that require recent tissues and intact DNA has made historical collections irrelevant. But this scenario is changing,...
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Genetically modified yeast can create valuable materials from urine
18.6.2025 | Press monitoring
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), UC Irvine, and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), have used biology to convert human urine into a valuable product. The team genetically modified yeast to take the elements present in urine and create hydroxyapatite – a calcium and phosphorus-based mineral...
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
