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How bacteria can be "tamed" for sustainable plastics production

Research team at Giessen University develops new system for tailored control of gene expression

17-Aug-2023 - Many bacteria have great potential for biotechnology, for example in the production of bioplastics or other industrially useful materials. But it is often difficult to "tame" the wild types of these biotechnologically interesting bacteria, i.e. to get them to produce the desired substance. The ...

bacteria bioplastics biotechnology +1
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How a protein helps the cell with nutrient deficiencies

10-Aug-2023 - Be it in thin air in the mountains or due to constricted blood vessels as well as lung diseases: One of the ways the body reacts to a lack of oxygen is through the formation of the protein HIF-1α, which coordinates adaptation to the reduced supply of oxygen. However, this protein also plays an ...

oxygen deficiency proteins pulmonary diseases
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Genetically harmful compounds detected in vegetable oils

Genotoxins discovered for the first time using a novel method

06-Mar-2023 - Vegetable oils rich in unsaturated fatty acids are highly recommended for a healthy diet. But these oils are not as healthy as thought: Prof. Dr. Gertrud Morlock, holder of the Chair of Life Sciences at Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), together with PhD student Daniel Meyer, has for the ...

coconut oil epoxides food analytics +7
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Caterpillars as a replacement for mammalian models in preclinical research

Research team developed an innovative and unique imaging platform

06-Dec-2022 - Inflammation research is becoming more ethical and economical: caterpillars help to understand gut inflammation and enable the faster and more efficient development of new therapies. Insects, like caterpillars, suffer from the same or related diseases as humans because 75 % of genes associated ...

computed tomography gut inflammation imaging +5
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Fusion Protein rFlaA:Betv1 Induces Regulatory B Cells and Thus Suppresses Allergic Processes

The fusion protein is a promising candidate for the treatment of birch pollen allergies

11-Oct-2022 - In the search for effective and safe therapeutics for hyposensitisation, colleagues at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institut and the Justus Liebig University in Giessen investigated the effect of the birch pollen allergen-containing fusion protein rFlaA:Betv1 on B cells (specific immune cells). rFlaA:Betv1 ...

allergies B cells fusion proteins +4
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Spider venom for therapeutics and bioinsecticides

New biomolecules from wasp spider venom

05-Jan-2022 - The venom of a single spider can contain up to 3000 components. These components, mostly peptides, can be used to develop promising drug leads for the treatment of diseases. Spider venom can also be used as a biological pesticide. A team of scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular ...

biomolecules biopesticides neuropeptides +5
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Corals remove microplastics from ocean waters

"Corals are the first organisms to be discovered as a living sink for microplastics in the ocean"

02-Dec-2021 - Reef-building corals permanently incorporate small plastic particles into their calcium carbonate skeleton – study in marine aquaria of the University of Giessen provides first evidence of organisms that remove microplastics from the environment in the long term Increasing numbers of tiny ...

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LANXESS disinfectant effective against swine flu viral strain

New study from Giessen University

02-Jul-2009 - A recent study carried out on behalf of LANXESS has demonstrated the effectiveness of the disinfectant Preventol CD 601 against the swine flu viral strain. “The test results from Giessen University show that Preventol CD 601 can also play a major role in the fight against swine flu, which has now ...

avian influenza disinfection Lanxess +2