Researchers are constantly developing dynamic solutions that are revolutionary in nature. Lab Worldwide has picked up five breakthrough innovations of last year which are truly unique and pathbreaking. Read on to find out more about these innovations.

Evonik recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for the establishment of a large-scale lipids production facility in Lafayette, Indiana, USA. The new unit aims to offer critical excipients for the development of mRNA vaccines and other nucleic acid therapies.

Dr. Madjid Mohseni, chemical and biological engineering professor at the University of British Columbia in Canada has developed a new water treatment technology which can remove “forever chemicals” from drinking water efficiently.

The Human Reference Genome has been used as a standard for genetic data comparison, but it is flawed as it lacks diversity. That is why the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium has developed a pangenome that includes genomic sequences from 47 people around the world, making it more inclusive of human diversity.

Located in Hanau, Germany, Evonik’s new GMP facility will produce pharmaceutical lipids for advanced and pharmaceutical drug delivery applications. It will also offer lipids for clinical and small-scale commercial manufacturing.

Researchers at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital have revealed that a person’s body mass index (BMI) should be taken into account while giving patients Vitamin D supplements as those with higher BMI’s tend to have minimal benefits of the supplement.

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have developed a new method that can easily purify contaminated water using a cellulose-based material. This discovery could have implications for countries with poor water treatment technologies and combat the widespread problem of toxic dye discharge from the textile industry.

Agilent Technologies has selected Fluor Corporation to expand its oligonucleotide therapeutics manufacturing facility in Colorado, USA. The unit will include state-of-the-art engineering enhancements such as advanced automation, water reduction strategies and solvent capturing to optimize cost and construction.

A team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC found that exposure to a mixture of synthetic chemicals found widely in the environment alters several critical biological processes, including the metabolism of fats and amino acids, in both children and young adults. The disruption of these biological processes is connected to an increased risk of a very broad range of diseases.

Carriers of a specific hidden bacteria have a 14 percent chance of developing an antibiotic resistant infection with 30 days of hospitalisation, according to researchers from Amsterdam UMC. The results have been published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.