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Ineos Styrolution piloting PS depolymerization
Ineos Styrolution will launch a scalable pilot project this year that will use depolymerization to chemically recycle polystyrene into high-quality virgin polystyrene for some food applications. Dairy producer Unternehmensgruppe Theo Muller will use the materials for its yogurt cups.
Grifols' primary immunodeficiency drug gets FDA nod
The FDA has approved Grifols' Xembify, or immune globulin subcutaneous, human-klhw, 20% solution, as a treatment for patients ages 2 and older with primary humoral immunodeficiency. The company plans to launch the drug in the fourth quarter of the year.
Study: Biotech seeds could increase maize production by 50%
A study conducted by Mozambique's Agricultural Research Institute revealed that drought- and pest-resistant biotech seeds could increase maize production by up to 50%. Over the course of two years, the seeds demonstrated yield increases under drought conditions.
Researchers develop potential cure for HIV using gene-editing tech
A scientific breakthrough was developed by a team of scientists from Temple University and the University of Nebraska Medical Center that showed their treatment, created with the use of CRISPR gene-editing technology and LASER ART, a therapeutic treatment, was able to cure HIV in nine of 21 mice. Details of the study were reported in the journal Nature Communications.
Researchers find way to keep cytokines in cancer cells
Researchers discovered they can keep cytokines inside cancer cells by attaching them using proteins that act like Velcro, according to a study in Science Translational Medicine. Cytokines have the potential to destroy cancer but they do not differentiate between healthy cells and cancerous ones, and leak out of tumors into the bloodstream.
Bioplastics contribute to circular plastic economy target
Bioplastics can help the world achieve a circular plastic economy where plastics are sourced from biomass and converted back to it, writes University of Alicante Molecular Nanotechnology Laboratory director Javier Garcia Martinez, an inorganic chemistry professor and cofounder of MIT spinoff Rive Technology. Some biotechnology companies have been developing products based on existing findings on cellulose or lignin, from which bioplastics are usually derived, with reduced drawbacks; for instance, Finland-based MetGen Oy makes genetically engineered enzymes for separating different lignins into components for various uses.
EPA to require more biofuel blending in 2020
On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency unveiled plans to raise the federal biofuels blending mandate to 20.04 billion gallons in 2020, up from 19.92 billion gallons this year, including 15 billion conventional biofuel gallons and 5.04 billion advanced biofuel gallons.
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