Day: 4. February 2015

The group of Kazunori KATAOKA at the University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, has developed a gene therapy concept based on synthetic mRNA which is delivered by a polymer-based micellar drug delivery system. In animal experiments, olfactory neuropathy could be cured using this method. University of Tokyo press release, Feb. 4, 2015

The group of Yuya TACHIBANA from Gunma University, Schoolf of Science and Engineering, has reported on a process to synthesize terephtalic acid from furfural. To this end, biobased furfural was oxidised and dehydrated to give maleic anhydride, which was further reacted with biobased furan to give its Diels-Alder (DA) adduct. The dehydration of the DA […]