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For the fourth consecutive year, Noventure was present at the annual congress of the EAU - European Association of Urology- that took place in Barcelona 15th – 19th March 2019.
Noventure participation to EAU is to confirm its presence in the urology field with its medical device for oral use UTIPRO PLUS intended to control and prevent uncomplicated UTIs.
Disruption of the epithelial barrier function has been recently associated with a variety of diseases, mainly at intestinal level, but also affecting the respiratory epithelium and other mucosal barriers. Non-pharmacological approaches such as xyloglucan, with demonstrated protective barrier properties, are proposed as new alternatives for the management of a wide range of diseases, for which mucosal disruption and, particularly, tight junction alterations, is a common characteristic.
A team of investigators led by Prof Cuzoccrea at the University of Messina has demonstrated in an in vivo study the beneficial effect on candida albicans infection of a medical device consisting of pea protein and grape seed extract due to their protective barrier properties. The results are new evidence of the muco-protective effects of some natural polymers against mucosa invasion by microorganisms.
