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    Biorefinery uses microbial fuel cell to upcycle resistant plant waste

    2023-02-01T11:04:00Z

    Researchers have developed a sustainable, inexpensive two-step process that can upcycle organic carbon waste - including lignin - transforming it into antioxidant flavonoids for nutrition and medicine. .By processing waste through a microbe-driven biorefinery, the researchers turned lignin into carbon sources that could be used in high-value, plant-derived pharmaceuticals and ...

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    Probiotic ‘backpacks’ could treat inflammatory bowel diseases

    2022-11-11T19:00:00Z

    Researchers have devised specialised nano-particles that can neutralise molecules linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and can be attached to beneficial probiotic bacteria targeting the gut.