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New probes for early tumor detection

IPB chemists and their partners at Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences produced a series of…

New findings on OPDA: No signaling effect in the early wound response 

The plant stress hormone jasmonic acid (JA) and its bioactive form jasmonoyl isoleucine (JA-Ile) play a central role in the…

Omani medicinal plant in the focus of phytochemistry
IPB scientists and partners from Dhofar University recently took a closer phytochemical look at the Omani medicinal plant Terminalia dhofarica.…

Flavor is predictable: With FlavorMiner.
FlavorMiner is the name of the tool recently developed by IPB chemists and partners from Colombia. Based on machine learning, the program can predict the most…

Selective cancer drugs in the pipeline.

Peptide-drug conjugates (PDCs) are increasingly becoming the focus of cancer research, as they enable the targeted release of anticancer agents in tumor…

Synthetic compounds increase the effect of chemotherapeutics on colon cancer cells.

Due to the rapid cell division rate of tumors, the surrounding tissue is often insufficiently supplied with blood…

Plant metabolite inhibits biofilm formation of bacteria.

Methylerythritol cyclodiphosphate (MEcPP) is an intermediate of the conserved methylerythritol phosphate pathway (MEP), which leads to the…

Omics insights into plant resilience to light stress.

Intense light conditions stress the plant as they increase the formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cells, which damage molecules…

New fungus species - new bioactives.

IPB scientists have recently discovered a new species of fungus in Chile's Nahuelbuta National Park. The official species name is Cortinarius steglichii N.…

Metabolic arms race between plant and fungus: New barley phytoalexins with amazing effects.

Plant pathogenic fungi pose a major threat to agricultural yields, a concern becoming increasingly relevant…