Tag: biotechnology
EU Commission wants to relax rules for genetically modified plants – Knowledge
The European Commission wants to allow more genetic engineering on the fields and plates of the EU. The Brussels authority is proposing a new regulation that is intended to exclude…
One particle of light is enough to start photosynthesis – knowledge
How photosynthesis works should be familiar to many from their school days: carbon dioxide and water are turned into oxygen and sugar in plants with the help of sunlight, according…
Bathtub murder: expert relieves Genditzki extensively – Bavaria
Did Lieselotte Kortüm, 78 years old and with severe mobility problems, fall and drown while she was filling her bathtub with water? Or did the caretaker Manfred Genditzki knock her…
Artificial skin should make prostheses feel
Status: 05/26/2023 10:51 a.m Researchers have developed an electronic sensor that can measure pressure and temperature and transmit them to the brain. This could enable skin prostheses to feel. By…
Newly approved medicines are mostly genetically engineered
Status: 05/22/2023 3:21 p.m In Germany, newly approved drugs are increasingly being produced with the help of genetic engineering. Last year, the share of biopharmaceuticals reached a new high of…
Researchers publish the first human “pangenome” – health
A group of geneticists present mankind’s first “pangenome”. Bioinformatician Tobias Marschall explains why one should compare the genome of 47 people and what that means for medicine. When the first…
The Institute for Biochemistry Martinsried researches the origin of life – Munich
All life is chemistry – if you look closely enough: every feeling, every movement, every thought can be represented as a chemical process in the brain, in the muscles, in…
Biotechnology: Researchers program nano-syringes
Molecular machines can be programmed to target drug delivery to only one type of tissue. This could open up new avenues in gene and cancer therapy. source site
Biotechnology – Sanofi manager becomes new Curevac boss – economy
The Tübingen biotech company Curevac is getting a new CEO. Sanofi manager Alexander Zehnder will replace Franz-Werner Haas on April 1 after three years at the helm of the company.…
Hemgenix: The world’s most expensive drug is approved in the US – Economy
A single shot of the drug Hemgenix, which has just been approved in the US, is said to cost $3.5 million. What it helps against – and how. Of Catherine…