Circular economy through integrated industrial ecology: Innovations in resource recovery and process re-design
2025
Industrial ecology provides systems-thinking for re-designing industrial processes with greater resource efficiency, waste reduction, and circularity. This review discusses future directions in process...
Development of doubled haploid lines in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) through wheat × maize hybridization and colchicine application
2025
Bangladesh faces a significant deficit in wheat grain production relative to its national demand, largely due to the prolonged duration-typically 10 to 12 years-required to release a new variety through...
MicroRNA alterations in sperm of infertile men: Insights into oligozoospermia, asthenozoospermia, and teratozoospermia
2025
Male infertility makes up almost 50 % of infertility cases in couples. Contributing factors include urogenital abnormalities, hormone imbalances, and genetic mutations. Current research highlights the...
CFD study and experimental verification of droplet formation characteristics in a flow-focusing microfluidic device
2025
This study numerically investigates droplet formation in a three-dimensional flow-focusing microchannel and validates the results with a lithographically fabricated device (error <4%). The effects of...
Organ-on-chip technology: Opportunities and challenges
2024
Organ-on-chip (OOC) technology is an innovative approach that reproduces human organ structures and functions on microfluidic platforms, offering detailed insights into intricate physiological processes....
Therapeutic advancements in nanomedicine: The multifaceted roles of silver nanoparticles
2024
Nanotechnology has the advantages of enhanced bioactivity, reduced toxicity, target specificity, and sustained release and NPs can penetrate cell membranes. The small size of silver nanoparticles, AgNPs,...
Understanding virus retention mechanisms on protein a chromatography based on using different wash buffers – Evaluating the possibility for a generic wash buffer toolbox to improve virus clearance capacity
2024
During manufacturing of mammalian-cell derived monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) virus clearance capacity of the downstream process has to be demonstrated. The protein A chromatography step typically achieves...
A comprehensive study on anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste: A review on configurations, operating parameters, techno-economic analysis and current trends
2024
The excessive discharge and accumulation of solid organic waste into the environment is of severe concern across the globe. Thus, an efficient waste management system is important to mitigate health...
Antibiotic susceptibility and virulence factors of bacterial species among cancer patients
2024
Antibiotic resistance is one of the most significant challenges of the 20-s century, and the misuse of antibiotics is a driver of antimicrobial resistance. This study aimed to assess the prevalence...
The potential of copper oxide nanoparticles in nanomedicine: A comprehensive review
2024
Nanotechnology is a modern scientific discipline that uses nanoparticles of metals like copper, silver, gold, platinum, and zinc for various applications. Copper oxide nanoparticles (CuONPs) are effective...
Unraveling current breakthroughs in Scorodocarpus borneensis phytochemical therapeutics: A systematic review
2024
Scorodocarpus borneensis, also known as the Kulim tree or Garlic tree, has been consumed by the local communities in Southeast Asia as traditional spice using its old leaves, stem bark, and seeds. The...
CRISPR/Cas9 improves targeted knock-in efficiency in Aspergillusoryzae
2024
Aspergillus oryzae is an important fungus in food and industrial enzyme production. In A. oryzae, targeted knock-in transformation is primarily limited to homologous recombination (HR)-based systems,...
Incorporating omics-based tools into endophytic fungal research
2024
Fungal endophytes are valuable sources of bioactive compounds with diverse applications. The exploration of these compounds not only contributes to our understanding of ecological interactions but also...
Identifying Chlorella vulgaris and Chlorella sorokiniana as sustainable organisms to bioconvert glucosamine into valuable biomass
2024
Chitin is a major component of various wastes such as crustacean shells, filamentous fungi, and insects. Recently, food-safe biological and chemical processes converting chitin to glucosamine have been...
Engineered microbial consortia for next-generation feedstocks
2024
Addressing urgent environmental challenges, this commentary emphasizes the need for green, bio-based solutions in chemical production from renewable feedstocks. It highlights advanced metabolic engineering...
Unlocking the potential of biosurfactants: Innovations in metabolic and genetic engineering for sustainable industrial and environmental solutions
2024
Biosurfactants, synthesized by microorganisms, hold potential for various industrial and environmental applications due to their surface-active properties and biodegradability. Metabolic and genetic...
aXonica: A support package for MRI based Neuroimaging
2024
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) assists in studying the nervous system. MRI scans undergo significant processing before presenting the final images to medical practitioners. These processes are executed...
Mevalonate secretion is not mediated by a singular non-essential transporter in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
2024
Isoprenoids are highly valued targets for microbial chemical production, allowing the creation of fragrances, biofuels, and pharmaceuticals from renewable carbon feedstocks. To increase isoprenoid production,...
The future of cell-free synthetic biology
2024
Cell-free synthetic biology aims at the targeted replication, design, and modification of life processes in open systems by breaking free of constraints such as cell membrane barriers and living cell...
Screening, characterization, and production of Bacillus cereus (S55) bioflocculant isolated from soil for application in wastewater treatment
2024
This research evaluated a bacterial strain, Bacillus cereus (S55), isolated from the soil for its bioflocculant production capabilities. The strain was identified through morphological and 16s rRNA...
A comparative exploration of mRNA capping enzymes
2024
With the wide application of messenger RNA (mRNA) technology in medicine and vaccine fields, higher requirements are put forward for mRNA expression efficiency in vivo. Since the 5′ cap structure can...