POLYPEPTIDES WITH ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY

CSIC has developed several polypeptides with bactericidal activity from a phage lysin of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. These compounds are particularly…

NEW ANTIVIRAL AGENTS FOR THE TREATMENT AND / OR PREVENTION OF DISEASES CAUSED BY VIRUSES, SUCH AS EBOLA (EBOV), AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) AND CORONAVIRUS

The CSIC and FIB Hospital 12 de Octubre have identified the use of a family of chemical compounds as antiviral agents, being useful for the treatment…

NEW USE FOR AN EXISTING DRUG AS ANTIVIRAL AGENT AGAINST SARS-COV-2 TO PREVENT OR/AND TREAT COVID-19

CSIC has discovered a new use for an existing drug on the market as antiviral agent.   Industrial partners from the pharmaceutical industry are being…

NEW METHOD FOR THE SELECTIVE DEPOSITION OF THIN FILMS BASED ON A SET OF SELF-ALIGNED METALLIC MASKS

A new shadow-masking method based on a set of self-aligned metallic masks, allowing the selective metallization of microelectronic substrates and…

AI TECHNOLOGY FOR ONLINE RIDESHARING

CSIC has developed an AI technology for the implementation of a smart ridesharing platform at a city-wide scale. The technology allows the…

COMBINED USE OF BIOTINE AND THIAMINE FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HUNGTINGTON DISEASE

CSIC and the CIBERNED have determined that the combined administration of biotin and thiamine is capable of improving motor symptoms and reducing…

MIMETIC LYMPH NODES FOR IMMUNE CELLS CULTURE

CSIC has developed a new 3D scaffold that mimics the lymph nodes for the proliferation and differentiation, of immune cells, such as  T  lymphocytes…

A NEW MOLECULAR SYSTEM FOR A HIGHLY EFFICIENCY OF IN VITRO PLANT PROPAGATION

CSIC has developed the use of mammal kinase inhibitors to promote in vitro induction of plant embryogenesis and plant regeneration. Industrial…

TWO IN ONE: ENGINEERING RECOMBINANT BIOCATALYSTS FOR PLASTIC RECYCLING AND TOWARDS BIOPLASTIC PRODUCTION

CSIC has developed recombinant genetic cassettes and bacterial host cells comprising them which are useful as biotechnological tools for the aerobic…

BIOCATALYST TO TRANSFORM FAT INTO STABILIZERS, COATINGS, GLUES AND POLYMERS IN A SPECIFIC AND ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY WAY

The CSIC has developed two mutated variants of an unspecific peroxygenase enzyme that improve the selectivity of the biocatalyst for two specific…