Why insects?
This is the most evolutionarily successful group of animals. They hold an absolute record for species diversity – more than 2,000,000 species and 90% of the planet’s gene pool. Hence, the interest of modern science in insects is understandable.
An example is “surgical maggots”. Known since the Crimean War, Napoleon and N.I. Pirogov, this method is experiencing a real renaissance these days. It turned out that when treating complex wounds, “surgical larvae” make it possible to do without antibiotics at all. In the era of superbugs, it is difficult to overestimate this feature of the larvae.
Food and Drug Administration
Conducted by the standards of evidence-based medicine, research allowed the FDA in 2004 to register biosurgery as an effective method of treatment (FDA K033391). This opened the way for the widespread use of “surgical larvae” in modern medicine. Today, hundreds of hospitals in the USA, EU, Japan, Israel constantly use this method in their practice.
Nobel Prize
In 2011, the French biologist Jules Hoffman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for “his work on the activation of innate immunity”. The basis of his research was the study of the immune system of insects.
We are very proud to that the founder of our technology and a word renowned expert in insect immunology actively worked in Jules Hoffman at the Strasbourg Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in the 90’s.
Our developments
As a result of many years of research, our group of scientists from St. Petersburg State University managed to decipher the composition of the antimicrobial complex of “surgical larvae” and develop an advanced technology for its production.
Today, we are proud to introduce a new generation of medical substances with anti-cancer, anti-viral, and anti-bacterial modes of action.
Our Biosynthesis Technology
We developed a unique and specialized biosynthesis technology for cultivation of the Calliphoridae fly and maintaining its cultures.
Production method
Cultivation with microbiologically pure organic substrates (by-products of the meat industry: liver, kidneys, blood, etc.)
Analogues
Cultivation of insects with poultry waste (“New biotechnologies”)
Application
Biomass of insects can be used as an active feed additive for animals. It functions as an ecological recycling of a biological waste (a “Bio-factory”), a eukaryotic system that synthesizes pharmacologically active substances.