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Green Technologies and SustainabilityThe European Union’s Green Deal emphasizes life science and biotechnology as key drivers for achieving a circular economy. However, the prevalent use of non-sustainable single-use plastics derived from petrochemical sources in life science research and ...
Lena Achleitner +3 more
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The United States requires effective federal policy to reduce marine plastic pollution
Conservation Science and Practice, 2019 The amount of plastic entering the ocean is expected to increase by an order of magnitude by 2025. Marine plastic pollution threatens biodiversity through entanglement, ingestion, and chemical exposure.
Autumn R. Iverson
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Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
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From mice to humans—divergent strategies for intestinal homeostasis and regeneration
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Recent advances such as organoid genome editing, xenotransplantation, imaging, and whole‐genome sequencing have enabled direct studies of human intestinal stem cells (ISCs). These studies reveal species‐specific features, including slower ISC proliferation, distinct injury responses, slower somatic mutation accumulation in humans, and an inverse ...
Keiko Ishikawa +2 more
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Proposed guidelines to implement flexible-plastic circular economy business models in Colombia
Ciencias Ambientales[Introduction]: The lack of feasible circular economy models for recycling single-use plastics poses a significant challenge to sustainable waste management.
Nicolás Ramiro Orrego-Bustamante +3 more
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Status quo and sector readiness for (bio)plastic food and beverage packaging in the 4IR
South African Journal of Science, 2022 Single-use plastics emanating from the food and beverage industry are polluting the environment, and there is increasing public pressure to find ‘green’ solutions to plastic pollution.
Pamela J. Welz +7 more
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Structural insights and therapeutic targets in Acinetobacter baumannii capsule biosynthesis
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Hypervirulent KL49 A. baumannii's capsular polysaccharide contains the nonulosonic acid 8‐epi‐Leg5,7Ac2, synthesized by epimerization via ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC. Crystal structures of ElaA, ElaB, and ElaC reveal their role in CMP‐Leg5,7Ac2 synthesis and regioselective C8 epimerization.
Woo Cheol Lee +7 more
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Cambridge Prisms: PlasticsDespite substantial research into policy interventions, harm reduction and alternative materials, plastic pollution is a worsening environmental and waste management crisis for countless governments and ecosystems. In response, the recent Global Plastics
Jennifer L. Lavers +6 more
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Modelling stem cell differentiation related processes—A practical overview for biologists
FEBS Letters, EarlyView.Stem cell differentiation is complex and difficult to control experimentally. This review introduces suitable computational modelling approaches that can support stem cell research, from mechanistic ODE and abstract models to multiscale and deep learning methods.
Ricco Zeegelaar +4 more
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Single-Use Plastics: A Roadmap for Sustainability [PDF]
, 2018 The benefits of plastic are undeniable. The material is cheap, lightweight and easy to make. These qualities have led to a boom in the production of plastic over the past century.
Claudia Giacovelli
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