Today, Direct Air Capture systems are
targeting niche applications such as the carbonation of drinks, fertilisation of greenhouses, and the packaging of fresh food — collectively a CHF 300 million market in Europe today.
«Because the hematopoetic stem cell
niche is so important for the creation of bone marrow and blood cells and because Del - 1 is a soluble protein and is easily manipulated, one can see that it could be a
target in many potential
applications,» said George Hajishengallis, the Thomas W. Evans Centennial Professor in the Department of Microbiology in Penn's School of Dental Medicine and a senior author on the work.