News
December 2020
Largentec welcomes Heraeus as new licensee
We gladly announce Heraeus as the exclusive licensee of our AGXX-Technology in form of particles. Based on the successful research and development work of the last years, Heraeus will now takeover the stalling and worldwide sales of our AGXX® technology in form of particles. We are humbled by the opportunity given hereby for us to contribute [...]
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June 2020
AGXX® positively tested against Feline Coronavirus (FCoV) and SARS-CoV-2
AGXX® was positively tested against Feline Coronavirus (FCoV) and SARS-CoV-2, that causes the new respiratory disease “COVID-19”. AGXX® technology permanently produces peroxides from dissolved oxygen. Organic structures, like bacteria membranes are known to be compromised by these reactive oxygen species. The effect of AGXX® on the two corona viruses were recently tested by incubating AGXX® [...]
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March 2019
Wie man Superkeime auf der ISS bekämpft
„Multiresistente Keime sind nicht nur auf der Erde ein Problem, sondern auch im All, auf der Internationalen Raumstation ISS. Forscher haben dort nun ein neues, antimikrobielles Material getestet – auf der mit Keimen besiedelten Toilettentür.“ Read full article: [...]
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March 2019
Bacteria Get Funky in Space. Scientists Are Fighting With Metal
“Bacteria, both good and bad, go wherever humans do. Understanding their quirks in outer space is key to preserving astronauts’ health. Journeying into the vast outer reaches of space might seem an exercise in isolation. But even when pushing the boundaries of the final frontier, humans are never truly alone: Everywhere we go, a few [...]
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March 2019
Astronauts travelling to the moon and Mars risk dying from superbugs
“Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem on Earth – and it could occur in space too. Bacteria exposed to trace quantities of an antibiotic while growing in simulated microgravity developed resistance to the drug. What’s more, they retained that resistance for more than 100 generations after the antibiotic was removed.” Read full article: [...]
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March 2019
Toilet on International Space Station gets a bacteria-killing upgrade
“Killing bacteria in space is surprisingly hard. Space missions have been plagued by bacterial biofilms that have coated surfaces and corroded equipment. Now, an antimicrobial metal surface that explodes bacteria on contact has been tested on the International Space Station (ISS), and it may be used in future missions to keep astronauts healthy. Elisabeth Grohmann [...]
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March 2019
Biofilm forming antibiotic resistant Gram-positive pathogens isolated from surfaces on the International Space Station
“The International Space Station (ISS) is a closed habitat in a uniquely extreme and hostile environment. Due to these special conditions, the human microflora can undergo unusual changes and may represent health risks for the crew. To address this problem, we investigated the antimicrobial activity of AGXX®, a novel surface coating consisting of micro-galvanic elements [...]
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December 2018
The AGXX® Antimicrobial Coating Causes a Thiol-Specific Oxidative Stress Response and Protein S-bacillithiolation in Staphylococcus aureus
“Multidrug-resistant pathogens, such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pose an increasing health burden and demand alternative antimicrobials to treat bacterial infections. The surface coating AGXX® is a novel broad-spectrum antimicrobial composed of two transition metals, silver and ruthenium that can be electroplated on various surfaces, such as medical devices and implants. AGXX® has been shown [...]
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February 2018
A Novel Antimicrobial Coating Represses Biofilm and Virulence-Related Genes in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
“Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become an important cause of hospital-acquired infections worldwide. It is one of the most threatening pathogens due to its multi-drug resistance and strong biofilm-forming capacity. Thus, there is an urgent need for novel alternative strategies to combat bacterial infections. Recently, we demonstrated that a novel antimicrobial surface coating, AGXX® , [...]
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May 2017
AGXX®: Contribution of Surface Technology to Preventing Biofilms (Part 2)
“Microorganisms are omnipresent and they have important functions in the self cleaning of waters, soils and sediments. Without microbes there would be no life on our planet. But it is only in the last couple of years that scientists have recognized how extraordinarily large their number and significance really is, and how closely related and [...]
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