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Centre for Diagnostics DTU has found the first Danish covid-19 sample with the Brazilian variant of coronavirus.
Danish research into cell cultures and the development of proteins for biological pharmaceuticals—including for cancer treatment—is strengthened with new unit...
With the support of Independent Research Fund Denmark, researchers from DTU Health Tech are developing a new type of cell therapy with the potential to save the lives of...
A new study shows that gut bacteria play a greater role in weight loss than diet and genetics combined.
A spinout biotech company from DTU has received two grants from the EU's “Horizon 2020” program worth 4,4 million euros. These grants will help to accelerate...
The Center for Diagnostik DTU is now upgrading its efforts and examining all positive samples for the new variants.
Wastewater analysis can detect the spread of resistant bacteria and can be used for global monitoring of the problem.
With the help of ‘metabolic engineering’, researchers from DTU Biosustain are designing and optimizing microorganisms to produce new substances that can be...
Instead of isolating antimicrobial agent-producing bacteria in laboratories, development is taking a new turn: Now the bacteria must live together just as they do in nature...
A grant of DKK 25 M from Wellcome gives hope to snakebite victims in sub-Saharan Africa of better and safer treatment.
DTU students are competing in an international synthetic biology competition (iGEM), presenting new tools to control moulds in biotechnological processes.
A special blend of robust bacteria in a new process is paving the way to convert even the stubbornest forms of biomass into methane.
With the discovery of a new enzyme, it may one day become possible to use the plants’ glue nutrient—lignin. The substance has applications in electronics, various...
Feed changes can reduce methane formation from microorganisms in the cow’s paunch and reduce cows' emissions by 40 per cent without compromising milk yield.
Special substances extracted from seaweed using enzymes have been shown in laboratory tests to have a protective effect against the eye disease AMD.
New methods developed at DTU Bioengineering have the potential to convert plastic waste into a new source of carbon.
A new European research collaboration aims to increase the chances of detecting emerging infectious disease outbreaks. Researchers from the National Food Institute, Technical...
Danish biotech start-up will use technology to purify genetic materials to screen and analyse coronavirus test samples.
Researchers at DTU have shown for the first time that breast milk promotes a core group of health beneficial bacteria of the adult gut microbiota, setting the stage for...
Denmark’s largest foundation, The Novo Nordisk Foundation, has awarded a grant of EUR 100 million to DTU Biosustain, paving the way for the development of new sustainable...
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