Challenges – A call for pioneers with world-changing ideas.
Under the banner of the SPRIND Challenges visionary teams are selected to work on radically new solutions. The goal: Finding the best solutions to tackle the grand challenges of our time.
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Every SPRIND Funke can be a small step towards great transformations. Like its big sister SPRIND Challenges, SPRIND Funke is an innovation competition for pioneers with world-changing ideas - but even faster. Funke teams have the opportunity to demonstrate their breakthrough technology quickly.
Challenge Magazine
Broad-Spectrum Antivirals
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How CRISPR/Cas13 severs RNA viruses
Broad-Spectrum Antivirals
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Broad-Spectrum Antivirals
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How iGUARD disables viruses
Broad-Spectrum Antivirals
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How RNA drugs manipulate viral protein formation
Broad-Spectrum Antivirals
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DNA shells attach to viruses for life-saving solution
Broad-Spectrum Antivirals
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MucBoost gives human mucus an evolutionary upgrade