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Giessen

British  
/ ˈɡiːsən /

noun

  1. a city in central Germany, in Hesse: university (1607). Pop: 74 001 (2003 est)

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"With our new system, we can achieve levels of efficiency that were previously almost unattainable," says Prof. Harald Giessen, Head of the 4th Physics Institute at the University of Stuttgart.

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"For comparison: current technologies achieve only about 35% -- which means they lose much of their efficiency and are correspondingly expensive," explains Giessen.

From Science Daily

"Thanks to the structural details of the interaction with bulevirtide, we have also gained insights that enable the development of smaller active agents -- so-called peptidomimetics -- with improved pharmacological properties. Our structural analysis also lays the foundation for the development of drugs that are not only based on peptides and possibly enable oral administration," adds the co-author of the study, Prof Joachim Geyer from the Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Justus Liebig University Giessen.

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Police spokesman Christopher Pfaff urged the public to avoid the center of Giessen while the operation is ongoing.

From Washington Times

He studied microbiology in Kazan, Russia, and later earned a doctorate in the subject from the University of Giessen in Germany.

From New York Times