OVOCURA — the results have exceeded the expectations

On December 6th and 7th, a meeting of scientists and entrepreneurs will be held in Karpacz. They will be discussing the results of the project and they will be planning the process of implementing the studied technologies.

The project, conducted since February 2009, has covered innovative activities in the area of production of a new generation egg material and innovative technologies of acquiring biologically active substances, to be used for nutraceutical and biomedical applications in prevention and treatment of lifestyle diseases.

The research results have completely exceeded the expectations. It applies both to quantitative results – bigger number of biopreparations with nutraceutical and biomedical features, and qualitative results – and a much more extensive range of confirmed activities in preparations, particularly in the biomedical area. It has been proved that the egg content may be used not only as the food product, but above all it may be used as the raw material for production of nutraceutics, biomedical and cosmetic preparations and biosubstances used for food preservation. The research results obtained in the project have become an inspiration for further research and development as well as implementations. The possibility of implementing the technology and commercialisation of the research results put in the patent applications has become particularly interesting.

Biomedical preparations obtained in the project have gained very significant nutritional meaning. They impact the regeneration processes of the organism and they help revitalize and prevent illnesses. They constitute also a huge hope for the therapy of the central nervous system, including dementia, mood disorders, cardiovascular diseases and skeletal system diseases.

A separate group of biomedical preparations are substances intended for further clinical research and applications in the production of drugs for cancer diseases, parodontosis and dermatological diseases. A significant achievement in this area was a research on the cystatine and newly discovered albuminous complex – "Yolkina", which is very significant in the process of treating neurodegenerative diseases.

The project resulted in obtaining a total of 17 patents, patent applications and technological instructions, 36 original theses published, 56 scientific articles and presentations presented on different conferences. Some of them were awarded, e.g. at the 40th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva or an award of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

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The project "Innovative technologies of production of biopreparations based on new generation eggs (OVOCURA)" was co-financed by the EU from the European Regional Development Fund within the scope of the Operational Programme – Innovative Economy, realised between the years 2007-2013. The project was carried out by the consortium of the University of Environmental and Life Sciences in Wrocław and Wrocław Medical University. The consortium also cooperated with other entities, members of the NUTRIBIOMED cluster, as a part of the research and development programme. 233 people participated in the project – 67 scientific workers, 38 doctoral students, 42 students, 32 technical workers; 54 people were involved in the administration of the project. The value of the project amounted to 25 million PLN.

The core of the project was a comprehensive research based on full monitoring of the egg production based on the specially prepared programme concerning food and the environment for laying hens. Using special humic and mineral preparations and substances obtained from algae was very important in the process. The research was conducted in accordance to the hygiene rules, applying to the European requirements of the food law and the ethics. The new generation eggs produced in this process constituted a base material for production of the new, highest quality diet bio-supplements (nutraceutics) and biomedical preparations.

More information on the website: www.ovocura.up.wroc.pl

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