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Biotechnology of natural products: from allergens to the production of aroma glucosides

The professorship Biotechnology of Natural Products (BINA) at the Technical University Munich studies the biosynthetic pathways of natural products in fruits to improve food safety and quality and enable their biotechnological production. Natural products are low-molecular weight metabolites produced naturally...
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Diagnostic therapy efficacy assessment in genomic medicine and rare cancer care

Misvik Biology’s Dr Juha Rantala explains how a pan-cancer drug sensitivity comparison offers new insights in genomic medicine, specifically, the repurposing of targeted therapies for rare cancers. Precision medicine in cancer care aims to target the treatment of an individual...
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The need to improve the diagnosis of chronic inflammatory lung diseases

Michael Roth discusses the urgent need to improve the precision of diagnosing chronic inflammatory lung diseases. Chronic inflammatory lung diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, or ‘smoker’s lung’), emphysema, and pulmonary fibrosis have been rising worldwide for decades,...
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Accelerating translational eye research

The Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) bridges basic and clinical science to advance the understanding of eye diseases and to develop new therapies for vision loss. Globally, the prevalence of eye diseases continues to rise. Most are...
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Strong near-infrared emission with earth-abundant metal ions

Katja Heinze, from the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, explains a successful approach for the design of sustainable near-infrared emissive materials with earth-abundant elements. Red and near-infrared luminescence (NIR: wavelengths above 750 nanometres) in molecular complexes with metal ions has...
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Immuno-Oncology: the power of patients’ immune systems to fight cancer

How French researcher Jérôme Galon and Immuno-Oncology diagnostics company HalioDx are tackling the need for patients’ stratification for cancer treatment. Despite considerable social awareness and research effort, cancer remains one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Nonetheless,...
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Developing live, attenuated vaccines against foot-and-mouth

Professor Martin Ryan, Biomedical Sciences Research Complex, explores the positive impact that live, attenuated vaccines pose for combatting foot-and-mouth disease. Following the 2001 foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreak in the UK, a series of reports were written by government commissions and...
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Better measures of consciousness and a tale of cultural loss

Human Brain Project researchers are working to develop new ways of measuring consciousness in order to help doctors to make decisions on treatment and care. Measuring consciousness can be critical in the clinical setting, but current tools are relatively crude....
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Spin electronics without magnetic fields: resonating low-moment magnetic materials at THz frequencies

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin, the Helmholdz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the company Swissto12 attack the problem of efficient generation and detection of low-power THz radiation with clever, highly spin-polarised compensated ferrimagnets. Society’s...
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Microwave plasmas meet graphene

Dr Elena Tatarova presents the primary advantages of using microwave plasmas as a disruptive ‘green’ alternative for the production of high quality graphene and its derivative N-graphene at a large scale. Graphene, an atom-thick hexagonal lattice of carbon atoms, exhibits...
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