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Tag: Biochemistry

Projects

28 November 2022

Longer life expectancy for progeria patients

Patients suffering from Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome go through an accelerated ageing process – with fatal consequences: the majority of sufferers die in their teens. A Vienna-based research group is now working on the development of a new approach to treatment that could significantly prolong patients’ lives.   Continue reading “Longer life expectancy for progeria patients”

Projects

4 July 2022

How we age and what helps us along with that

During a research stay at ETH Zurich, the biochemist Corina Madreiter-Sokolowski investigated the role played by mitochondria, the centres of energy production in the cells. There she tested ingredients from red wine and green tea for their life-prolonging potential in a cellular ageing model and in nematode worms. Back in Graz, she is now exploring […] Continue reading “How we age and what helps us along with that”

Interview & Opinion

22 June 2022

An ancient bacterium is making biotechnology more efficient

Interview: Reinhard Kleindl

Biotechnologist Stefan Pflügl is researching how fossil resources in the chemical industry can be replaced by sustainable alternatives. In his work, he uses bacterial metabolic processes from the early days of the Earth’s history, work which has now won him the 2022 START Prize. Continue reading “An ancient bacterium is making biotechnology more efficient”

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