https://www.bionity.com/en/https://www.bionity.com/theme5/images/logo/bionity-logo.pngCurrent Healthcare news on pharmaceuticals, biology and biotech - bionity.comhttps://www.bionity.com/en/en<img alt="The life sciences need a compass for digital and AI-powered innovation" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/693675dab3ef7_R23slVE2-.png?tr=w-1223,h-917,cm-extract,x-8,y-10:n-xzoom" /><br /> The life sciences industry is currently undergoing its most significant paradigm shift in decades. This shift is often described as bioconvergence - the merging of biology, engineering, and advanced computing into one integrated innovation ecosystem. What used to be separate domains are now fully in...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187698/the-life-sciences-need-a-compass-for-digital-and-ai-powered-innovation.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:55:09 +0100News<img alt="Technology boosts hop production in Brazil and paves the way for new bioproducts" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69314a4f38ec5_KMenKyScX.png?tr=w-1225,h-919,cm-extract,x-6,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> Despite being the third-largest producer and consumer of beer worldwide, Brazil depends almost entirely on hop imports. Less than 1% of the ingredient responsible for the bitterness, aroma, and flavor of beer is grown locally. However, a new project involving Brazilian scientists and producers in th...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187681/technology-boosts-hop-production-in-brazil-and-paves-the-way-for-new-bioproducts.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:32:13 +0100News<img alt="Intelligent hydrogel microstructures enable the precise application of force to cellular systems" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69315937033f8_s-jxQags4.png?tr=w-1857,h-1393,cm-extract,x-6,y-6:n-xzoom" /><br /> Within tissues, cells are embedded in complex, three-dimensional structures known as the extracellular matrix. Their biomechanical interactions play a crucial role in numerous biological processes. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light (MPL) have now developed a novel lab-o...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187687/intelligent-hydrogel-microstructures-enable-the-precise-application-of-force-to-cellular-systems.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:32:08 +0100News<img alt="The power of gut enzymes: why a healthy diet works differently for everyone" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69315ada428ff_-5xLPy32f.jpg?tr=w-8016,h-6012,cm-extract,x-576,y-60:n-xzoom" /><br /> Researchers from the Cluster of Excellence "Balance of the Microverse" at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Leibniz-HKI, together with international partners, have decoded a mechanism that determines how our gut microbiome processes healthy plant substances. The "chemical cookbook" of i...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187690/the-power-of-gut-enzymes-why-a-healthy-diet-works-differently-for-everyone.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Mon, 08 Dec 2025 06:32:04 +0100News<img alt="Rentschler Biopharma and Coriolis Pharma announce strategic collaboration for integrated biopharma solutions" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69314ea41945e_bAvNxv-fn.png?tr=w-1229,h-922,cm-extract,x-2,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> Rentschler Biopharma SE and Coriolis Pharma announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration.Together, the companies will provide clients with seamless end-to-end solutions, from early formulation to commercial manufacturing, leveraging their complementary expertise to accelerate the ...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187677/rentschler-biopharma-and-coriolis-pharma-announce-strategic-collaboration-for-integrated-biopharma-solutions.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:32:19 +0100News<img alt="The smell of fatty foods during pregnancy promotes obesity in offspring" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69313390efeca_ZRAtN6wjx.jpg?tr=w-753,h-565,cm-extract,x-36,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research has found that the smell of fatty foods during pregnancy increases the risk of overweight and obesity in children. The researchers fed pregnant mice a healthy diet low in fat but containing fatty smells, such as the smell of bacon. ...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187682/the-smell-of-fatty-foods-during-pregnancy-promotes-obesity-in-offspring.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:32:08 +0100News<img alt="Proteins in a crowd: European XFEL looks inside cells" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69314b80e5f74_7nVwiWbQn.jpeg?tr=w-1000,h-750,cm-extract,x-0,y-50:n-xzoom" /><br /> Inside biological cells, there is a dense crowd where millions of proteins move side by side, bump into each other or temporarily accumulate. At the same time, these proteins often have to fulfil important tasks at short notice. How exactly the proteins move in this confined space has been difficult...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187683/proteins-in-a-crowd-european-xfel-looks-inside-cells.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:00:00 +0100News<img alt="A new tunable cell-sorting device with potential biomedical applications" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/693002e37e94c_i3cbpRkpk.jpg?tr=w-449,h-337,cm-extract,x-990,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) hydrogel undergoes significant but precise changes in size between 20 and 40 °C, making it an excellent candidate for use in variable-size deterministic lateral displacement (DLD) array devices. Researchers from Science Tokyo have built a tunable DLD cell-sorting...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187674/a-new-tunable-cell-sorting-device-with-potential-biomedical-applications.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:32:04 +0100News<img alt="NextPharma sells its logistics division to Cencora" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/693006b4f2ba9_GGxp8em81.png?tr=w-1213,h-910,cm-extract,x-18,y-6:n-xzoom" /><br /> NextPharma, a leading European contract development and manufacturing organization ("CDMO"), has entered into an agreement with Cencora, Inc. ("Cencora"), a global pharmaceutical solutions company, to sell NextPharma's healthcare logistics business, NextPharma Logistics GmbH ("NextPharma Logistics")...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187676/nextpharma-sells-its-logistics-division-to-cencora.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:32:01 +0100News<img alt="How an Invisible “Cap” could control Electrical Synapses" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/693007a3c300a_7P06klNLw.jpg?tr=w-599,h-449,cm-extract,x-46,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> An international team led by Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany, has used state-of-the-art cryo-electron microscopy to visualize electrical synapses (gap junctions) inside living cells. In doing so, they discovered a surprising additional structure: a previously unknown circular “cap” that is conn...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187678/how-an-invisible-cap-could-control-electrical-synapses.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:31:59 +0100News<img alt="NLRP3 drives chronic blood cancer" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/692febf703e73_kcOwHajZr.jpg?tr=w-2362,h-1771,cm-extract,x-0,y-11:n-xzoom" /><br /> Myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPN) are blood cancers characterized by an overproduction of blood cells. These diseases usually occur from the age of 60+ and can be well controlled over a long period of time. MPNs become particularly dangerous after the transition to myelofibrosis - a life-threatenin...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187672/nlrp3-drives-chronic-blood-cancer.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Wed, 03 Dec 2025 13:50:59 +0100News<img alt="Smart sensor tag protects sensitive goods" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/692ebab065d54_bGPFidt8D.jpg?tr=w-4608,h-3455,cm-extract,x-0,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> Researchers from Empa, EPFL and CSEM have developed a green smart sensing tag that measures temperature and humidity in real time – and can also detect whether a temperature threshold has been exceeded. In future, this could be used to monitor sensitive shipments such as medicines or food. The senso...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187655/smart-sensor-tag-protects-sensitive-goods.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:32:13 +0100News<img alt="Tacalyx appoints Jean Engela as Chief Executive Officer for the next phase of growth" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/692ebc0f65340_iFzZwk3re.jpg?tr=w-1280,h-960,cm-extract,x-0,y-64:n-xzoom" /><br /> Tacalyx, a privately held biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of novel anti-TACA (Tumor Associated Carbohydrate Antigens) cancer therapies, announces the appointment of Jean Engela as Chief Executive Officer. Jean Engela brings more than two decades of experience in drug d...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187658/tacalyx-appoints-jean-engela-as-chief-executive-officer-for-the-next-phase-of-growth.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:32:12 +0100News<img alt="How a gene shapes the architecture of the human brain" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/692ec18816f9b_xl-7zuR6w.png?tr=w-1229,h-922,cm-extract,x-2,y-4:n-xzoom" /><br /> Researchers around the world are studying how the human brain achieves its extraordinary complexity. A team at the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim and the German Primate Center – Leibniz Institute for Primate Research in Göttingen has now used organoids to show that the ARHGAP11A gene...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187662/how-a-gene-shapes-the-architecture-of-the-human-brain.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:32:06 +0100News<img alt="New active ingredients for the treatment of heart failure" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69282e53997da_DmAqSAWRS.png?tr=w-1225,h-919,cm-extract,x-6,y-4:n-xzoom" /><br /> Around four million people in Germany suffer from the life-threatening disease heart failure (cardiac insufficiency). For 50% of them, available medication is not an option or is insufficiently effective. Researchers and cardiologists at the Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences - ISAS, the Lead...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187642/new-active-ingredients-for-the-treatment-of-heart-failure.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:32:12 +0100News<img alt="gempex and msg industry advisors cooperate in the field of AI-supported services in the GMP-regulated environment" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69282d0e0164b_HT65rlE3R.png?tr=w-1221,h-916,cm-extract,x-10,y-8:n-xzoom" /><br /> Artificial intelligence (AI) is powerfully conquering all segments of industry. This also applies to the regulated life sciences sector, where high demands are placed on reliability and quality. gempex and msg industry advisors are pooling their expertise here to offer well-founded, groundbreaking s...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187644/gempex-and-msg-industry-advisors-cooperate-in-the-field-of-ai-supported-services-in-the-gmp-regulated-environment.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:32:11 +0100News<img alt="Hidden dangers in 'acid rain' soils" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/692d9451e923c_djomuSSR9.jpg?tr=w-513,h-385,cm-extract,x-0,y-22:n-xzoom" /><br /> Acid rain from fossil fuel pollution may be quietly training soil bacteria to become longer-lived, more transmissible, and more deadly, according to a new study in the journal New Contaminants that tracks how a notorious foodborne pathogen rapidly evolved under simulated acid deposition.​​ Acid depo...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187649/hidden-dangers-in-acid-rain-soils.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:32:06 +0100News<img alt="Boehringer Ingelheim announces change in the company management" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/692d9e9f1889c_zlvf2w2I0.jpg?tr=w-532,h-399,cm-extract,x-0,y-70:n-xzoom" /><br /> Boehringer Ingelheim has announced that the Shareholders' Committee has appointed Harsha Deshmukh as a member of the Executive Committee. Effective February 1, 2026, Harsha Deshmukh will lead IT and the Global Business Services function, focusing on the digital transformation and further development...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187653/boehringer-ingelheim-announces-change-in-the-company-management.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Tue, 02 Dec 2025 06:32:04 +0100News<img alt="New mutation hotspot discovered in human genome" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/692942705ee71_nh_we4_IG.png?tr=w-1229,h-922,cm-extract,x-2,y-2:n-xzoom" /><br /> Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of DNA can be passed down to future generations and are important for how we study genetics and disease. The regions are located at the starting point of genes, also known as tra...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187635/new-mutation-hotspot-discovered-in-human-genome.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:32:14 +0100News<img alt="Experimental mRNA therapy shows potential to combat antibiotic-resistant infections" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/6929430579f86_hcGNrNOWF.png?tr=w-1226,h-919,cm-extract,x-2,y-8:n-xzoom" /><br /> Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and collaborators have reported early success with a novel mRNA-based therapy designed to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The findings, published in Nature Biotechnology, show that in preclinical studies in mice and human lung tissue i...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187636/experimental-mrna-therapy-shows-potential-to-combat-antibiotic-resistant-infections.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:32:12 +0100News<img alt="Christmas feasting without worries" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69284c8398bf5_gEHGwf2uG.png?tr=w-1232,h-924,cm-extract,x-0,y-2:n-xzoom" /><br /> When the scent of cinnamon and vanilla wafts through the kitchen, the most wonderful time of the year begins for many. For people with nut or peanut allergies, however, gingerbread and fruit bread pose an increased risk. Even small traces, such as walnut splinters, can trigger an allergic reaction -...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187638/christmas-feasting-without-worries.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:32:10 +0100News<img alt="RNA in action: filming a ribozyme’s self-assembly" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69282a0b08f90_yLz7mBtrC.jpg?tr=w-800,h-600,cm-extract,x-98,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> RNA is a central biological molecule, now widely harnessed in medicine and nanotechnology. Like proteins, RNA often gets its function from its three-dimensional structure. A recent study in Nature Communications has captured, for the first time, a ribozyme in motion — almost frame by frame. The rese...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187645/rna-in-action-filming-a-ribozymes-self-assembly.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:32:05 +0100News<img alt="Chemistry meets biology: controlling artificial cell membranes through catalysis" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/6928218d6add8_YGDiFoB3L.png?tr=w-1227,h-920,cm-extract,x-4,y-2:n-xzoom" /><br /> Using catalytic chemistry, researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have achieved dynamic control of artificial membranes, enabling life-like membrane behavior. By employing an artificial metalloenzyme that performs a ring-closing metathesis reaction, the team induced the disappearance of phase-sep...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187640/chemistry-meets-biology-controlling-artificial-cell-membranes-through-catalysis.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Fri, 28 Nov 2025 09:06:26 +0100News<img alt="New deep-learning tool can tell if your salmon is wild or farmed" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/6926db29c96c7_eHuao6nkk.jpg?tr=w-395,h-296,cm-extract,x-17,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> A new paper in Biology Methods and Protocols, published by Oxford University Press, finds that we can now distinguish wild from farmed salmon using deep learning, potentially greatly improving strategies for environmental protection. Norway is home to the largest remaining wild populations of wild s...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187631/new-deep-learning-tool-can-tell-if-your-salmon-is-wild-or-farmed.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:32:09 +0100News<img alt="Coffee slows biological ageing in major psychiatric disorders patients" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69281f16b4151_XyrmWbyTP.png?tr=w-1232,h-924,cm-extract,x-0,y-4:n-xzoom" /><br /> Drinking a maximum of 3-4 cups of coffee a day may slow the ‘biological’ ageing of people with severe mental illness, by lengthening their telomeres—indicators of cellular ageing—and giving them the equivalent of 5 extra biological years, compared with non-coffee drinkers, finds research published i...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187632/coffee-slows-biological-ageing-in-major-psychiatric-disorders-patients.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:32:06 +0100News<img alt="Beverage industry relies on enzymatic PET recycling from CARBIOS" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/6928192553cc1_vv_UqDCcp.png?tr=w-1225,h-919,cm-extract,x-6,y-6:n-xzoom" /><br /> CARBIOS has announced the signing of two further multi-year commercial agreements for the supply of recycled PET (r-PET) with leading companies in the beverage industry. The signing of these two commercial agreements gives CARBIOS access to the strategically important beverage sector. These new comm...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187637/beverage-industry-relies-on-enzymatic-pet-recycling-from-carbios.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:32:03 +0100News<img alt="Pesticides and other common chemical pollutants are toxic to our ‘good’ gut bacteria" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/6926d9fe19023_F4Go_nXW0.jpg?tr=w-630,h-472,cm-extract,x-26,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> A large-scale laboratory screening of human-made chemicals has identified 168 chemicals that are toxic to bacteria found in the healthy human gut. These chemicals stifle the growth of gut bacteria thought to be vital for health. Most of these chemicals, likely to enter our bodies through food, water...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187628/pesticides-and-other-common-chemical-pollutants-are-toxic-to-our-good-gut-bacteria.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Thu, 27 Nov 2025 13:51:01 +0100News<img alt="Small molecules, big impact: Polyamines promote regeneration in aged intestines" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/6925adaf9b0fe_WEC_uIP69.png?tr=w-1361,h-1021,cm-extract,x-130,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> The intestine is among the most regenerative tissues in the body; however, aging triggers various changes that collectively diminish its regenerative capacity. Consequently, the intestine becomes more vulnerable to inflammation and infection, and its healing processes slow down. This often leads to ...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187617/small-molecules-big-impact-polyamines-promote-regeneration-in-aged-intestines.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Thu, 27 Nov 2025 06:32:11 +0100News<img alt="Nasal microbiome: resource scarcity as an opportunity" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/6926d64334f4d_c3Mre9VA4.png?tr=w-1083,h-812,cm-extract,x-167,y-2:n-xzoom" /><br /> Potentially dangerous staphylococci compete with other bacteria for biotin in the human nasal cavity. This could be a new starting point in the fight against germs. Our nose is home to a community of microorganisms that can contain potentially dangerous germs as well as harmless ones. The bacterium ...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187624/nasal-microbiome-resource-scarcity-as-an-opportunity.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Thu, 27 Nov 2025 06:32:06 +0100News<img alt="USC study maps brain wiring differences in youth with autism" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/6926daa616f5f_zwS3ju0u2.jpg?tr=w-525,h-394,cm-extract,x-165,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> Researchers at the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute ( Stevens INI ) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have uncovered new insights into how brain wiring differs in children and young adults with autism, pointing to more precise ways of understanding the condition. The ...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187630/usc-study-maps-brain-wiring-differences-in-youth-with-autism.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Thu, 27 Nov 2025 06:31:59 +0100News<img alt="First synthesis of open-chain N-stereogenic amines achieved" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69258ba5e9902_oufqE6EPS.png?tr=w-1225,h-919,cm-extract,x-6,y-6:n-xzoom" /><br /> Researchers at the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung have developed a method for synthesizing stable, chiral open-chain amines with chirality on nitrogen, a previously elusive task. Their work utilizes a new catalytic reaction with a confined chiral catalyst. A research team from Prof. Benjami...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187606/first-synthesis-of-open-chain-n-stereogenic-amines-achieved.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:32:15 +0100News<img alt="Building materials from mushrooms" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/692592136ea60_JJoBaVybN.png?tr=w-1232,h-924,cm-extract,x-0,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved three collaborative research centers; TU Berlin is involved in two as spokesperson and one as a cooperation partner. The newly approved CRC "MY-CO BUILD: Biotechnological production, characterization and sustainability assessment of mushroom-based bu...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187618/building-materials-from-mushrooms.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:32:08 +0100News<img alt="Malaria Parasites Move on Right-Handed Helices" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/692588783d510_50vUm1Rz-.jpg?tr=w-1421,h-1066,cm-extract,x-174,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> With victims numbering in the millions, malaria is an infectious disease caused by the bite of a mosquito carrying the malaria parasite. After penetrating the skin, the pathogen moves with helical trajectories. It almost always turns toward the right, as a team of physicists and malaria researchers ...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187621/malaria-parasites-move-on-right-handed-helices.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:32:03 +0100News<img alt="How the principle of cheese noodles helps against Alzheimer's" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/692453bad381b_cQPlQxBDr.jpg?tr=w-3147,h-2360,cm-extract,x-395,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have clarified how so-called spermine - a small molecule that regulates many processes in the body's cells - prevents diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's: it renders certain proteins harmless by acting in a similar way to cheese, which sticks p...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187608/how-the-principle-of-cheese-noodles-helps-against-alzheimer-s.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Wed, 26 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0100News<img alt="RNA Healer receives around one million euros for the development of a liver fibrosis therapy" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/692454dde2927_OOtDvFx5W.jpg?tr=w-1422,h-1066,cm-extract,x-101,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> The Institute for Biomedical Translation Lower Saxony (IBT) is a research incubator that aims to bring cutting-edge biomedical research into clinical practice. To this end, the IBT awarded start-up funding of around 2.5 million euros in its fifth funding round. Seven research projects took part in t...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187607/rna-healer-receives-around-one-million-euros-for-the-development-of-a-liver-fibrosis-therapy.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:32:06 +0100News<img alt="The world’s first elucidation of the immunomodulatory effects of kimchi by the World Institute of Kimchi" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69245875861ac_6QlfyavOU.png?tr=w-1229,h-922,cm-extract,x-2,y-4:n-xzoom" /><br /> Amid concerns about the simultaneous spread of multiple respiratory diseases, such as colds and influenza, with the change of seasons in current times, a recent clinical study has scientifically proven that kimchi, a traditional Korean fermented food, enhances the function of human immune cells and ...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187609/the-worlds-first-elucidation-of-the-immunomodulatory-effects-of-kimchi-by-the-world-institute-of-kimchi.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:32:03 +0100News<img alt="A breakthrough 3D-printable polymer" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69204bcf736f8_wBv7vCpsIL.jpg?tr=w-700,h-525,cm-extract,x-0,y-124:n-xzoom" /><br /> A new type of 3D-printable material that gets along with the body’s immune system, pioneered by a University of Virginia research team, could lead to safer medical technology for organ transplants and drug delivery systems. It could also improve battery technologies. The breakthrough is the subject ...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187604/a-breakthrough-3d-printable-polymer.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0100News<img alt="Captain T Cell Closes Financing Round to Advance its Proprietary, Next-Generation TCR-T Pipeline Into the Clinic" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69203f8fb5b7e_z2YzsjRR6Y.png?tr=w-1095,h-821,cm-extract,x-67,y-106:n-xzoom" /><br /> Captain T Cell, a biotechnology company developing next-generation TCR-T cell therapies for solid tumors, announced the successful closing of an equity financing round with both new and existing investors. The latest equity funding, along with already secured grants, provides Captain T Cell with a t...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187602/captain-t-cell-closes-financing-round-to-advance-its-proprietary-next-generation-tcr-t-pipeline-into-the-clinic.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Tue, 25 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0100News<img alt="Aging alters the protein landscape in the brain – diet can counteract this" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/69200d980e396__tlwZGKlY.png?tr=w-1082,h-811,cm-extract,x-84,y-98:n-xzoom" /><br /> A study by the Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena shows that the chemical composition of proteins in the brain undergoes fundamental changes with aging. In particular, ubiquitylation—a process that marks proteins and thus controls their activity and degradation—underg...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187594/aging-alters-the-protein-landscape-in-the-brain-diet-can-counteract-this.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:32:13 +0100News<img alt="Bio-based plastics for infusion bags" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/6920164e9f6f1_8oBcGtqcn.jpg?tr=w-2615,h-1961,cm-extract,x-225,y-35:n-xzoom" /><br /> Catheters, blood bags, respiratory tubes: disposable medical products made of plastic contribute significantly to the waste load in hospitals and to high greenhouse gas emissions in the healthcare sector. This requires innovative material solutions. Bio-based plastics offer a promising alternative t...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187597/bio-based-plastics-for-infusion-bags.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:32:06 +0100News<img alt="Bacteria ‘pills’ could detect gut diseases — without the endoscope" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/6920180d26d99_2eS6OXgjL.jpg?tr=w-700,h-525,cm-extract,x-0,y-15:n-xzoom" /><br /> Move over, colonoscopies — researchers report in ACS Sensors that they’ve developed a sensor made of tiny microspheres packed with blood-sensing bacteria that detect markers of gastrointestinal disease. Taken orally, the miniature “pills” also contain magnetic particles that make them easy to collec...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187598/bacteria-pills-could-detect-gut-diseases-without-the-endoscope.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:32:03 +0100News<img alt="Using a Tablet before Bed Not as Harmful as Believed" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/691ee9f1358a7_385H2rbZL.png?tr=w-955,h-716,cm-extract,x-147,y-108:n-xzoom" /><br /> The blue light that tablets emit is believed to make sleep less restful. However, an experimental study with young children was unable to confirm this assumption. It is often said that the blue light emitted by tablets and phones makes it harder to fall asleep because it impacts the production of th...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187590/using-a-tablet-before-bed-not-as-harmful-as-believed.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:21:26 +0100News<img alt="Gene scissors in camouflage mode help in the search for cancer therapies" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/691ee6922714c_Z7Xoq2Ss1.png?tr=w-868,h-651,cm-extract,x-303,y-186:n-xzoom" /><br /> The CRISPR gene scissors are only of limited use to detect cancer-causing genes in animals because the method interferes with their immune system. Researchers at ETH Zurich, however, have now shown that a few tricks can be pulled to render the gene scissors invisible to immune cells. The immune syst...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187588/gene-scissors-in-camouflage-mode-help-in-the-search-for-cancer-therapies.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Fri, 21 Nov 2025 08:21:20 +0100News<img alt="A toxin with a useful twist" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/691eef236655f_lHYcfES6P.jpeg?tr=w-286,h-214,cm-extract,x-185,y--69:n-xzoom" /><br /> Researchers from the SNI network have discovered a novel way to fuse lipid vesicles at neutral pH. By harnessing a fragment of the diphtheria toxin, the team achieved vesicle membrane fusion without the need for pre-treatment or harsh conditions. Their work, recently published in Communications Chem...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187592/a-toxin-with-a-useful-twist.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Fri, 21 Nov 2025 06:32:02 +0100News<img alt="Grenova acquires Peak Robotics" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/691d6a47033dd_aQCu5XgNO.png?tr=w-1136,h-852,cm-extract,x-4,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> Grenova, a leading innovator in sustainable laboratory solutions, announced the acquisition of Peak Robotics Inc. (PRI), a U.S.-based engineering company specializing in the design and manufacturing of robots and modular hardware for laboratory automation. This combination enhances Grenova’s ability...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187578/grenova-acquires-peak-robotics.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:32:08 +0100News<img alt="Rare genetic variants increase the risk of ADHD by up to 15 times" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/691d6fedd06ff_iyb89CZGg.png?tr=w-1089,h-817,cm-extract,x-84,y-110:n-xzoom" /><br /> A new study led by researchers at Aarhus University and involving the University Hospital of Würzburg has identified rare genetic variants that significantly increase the risk of ADHD. The study shows that these variants are expressed particularly in nerve cells in the brain and have a negative impa...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187580/rare-genetic-variants-increase-the-risk-of-adhd-by-up-to-15-times.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Thu, 20 Nov 2025 06:32:06 +0100News<img alt="Targeted protein degradation: Researchers find new way to combat harmful proteins in tumour cells" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/691d7419288fb_W6aAlsPhV.png?tr=w-1110,h-833,cm-extract,x-121,y-41:n-xzoom" /><br /> A new active substance attacks a key protein in tumour cells, leading to complete degradation. In cell experiments, this caused cancer cells to lose their protection and die. The active substance was developed by researchers at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the University M...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187581/targeted-protein-degradation-researchers-find-new-way-to-combat-harmful-proteins-in-tumour-cells.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Thu, 20 Nov 2025 01:00:00 +0100News<img alt="Fingernails as a mirror of nutrition" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/691c2613c0ce7_z5mvPQblx.png?tr=w-1232,h-924,cm-extract,x-0,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> A research team led by Professor Dr. Marc Birringer at Fulda University of Applied Sciences has developed an approach that allows lifestyle and nutrition to be recorded non-invasively using fingernail samples. The study was published in the scientific journal BioFactors. In the "Fulda NutriNAIL" stu...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187572/fingernails-as-a-mirror-of-nutrition.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:32:07 +0100News<img alt="How the biological clock ticks in the female reproductive tract" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/691c2ed59df45_k4QL2OVvOL.png?tr=w-870,h-652,cm-extract,x-162,y-149:n-xzoom" /><br /> Endometriosis, menopause, ovarian cancer – still poorly researched and often misdiagnosed. Ângela Gonçalves combines AI, molecular biology, and clinical findings to develop non-invasive tools for early detection, personalized care, and healthier aging – directly challenging gender bias in medicine. ...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187573/how-the-biological-clock-ticks-in-the-female-reproductive-tract.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:32:05 +0100News<img alt="The “Great Unified Microscope” can see both micro and nanoscale structures" src="https://img.chemie.de/Portal/News/691c289780d85_XoZYHIsMrT.jpg?tr=w-620,h-465,cm-extract,x-37,y-0:n-xzoom" /><br /> Researchers Kohki Horie, Keiichiro Toda, Takuma Nakamura, and Takuro Ideguchi of the University of Tokyo have built a microscope that can detect a signal over an intensity range fourteen times wider than conventional microscopes. Moreover, the observations are made label-free, that is, without the u...https://www.bionity.com/en/news/1187574/the-great-unified-microscope-can-see-both-micro-and-nanoscale-structures.html?WT.mc_id=ca0068Wed, 19 Nov 2025 06:32:02 +0100News