All Microbiology
Bacteria used to block dengue and Zika
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2018
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika …
Old dog, new tricks for TB antibiotic
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jan 2018
Tuberculosis could be fought more effectively with future drugs – thanks to new research into an ol…
Antibiotic-resistant genes discovered
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Nov 2017
Researchers have discovered previously unknown genes that make bacteria resistant to last-resort an…
Altering gut bacteria to treat autism
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jul 2017
After a review of more than 150 papers on autism and gut bacteria, scientists from the US and China…
Mosquito-killing fungus enhanced with toxins
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Jun 2017
A new study suggests genetically modified fungus could help target mosquitoes and reduce incidences…
Leap forward made in synthetic biology
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2017
An international team of more than 200 researchers have made significant progress in building an or…
Gut bacteria diversity linked to immunotherapy response in melanoma patients
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Nov 2016
Patients with malignant melanoma have been found more likely to respond to immunotherapy treatment …
Food preservative found to kill cancer cells
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jan 2016
A naturally occurring food preservative, nisin, has been found effective at destroying cancer and a…
Bacterium ‘taught’ to photosynthesise
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jan 2016
Researchers have managed to induce a bacterium to perform photosynthesis.
Antibiotic resistance could hold key for treating amyloid diseases
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2016
Researchers have discovered a method of using antibiotic resistance to find chemicals that stop amy…
Metformin affects diabetic trial studies
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Dec 2015
Metformin has been found to have a stronger effect on gut flora than diabetes Type 2, the condition…
Molecules that dominate bacterial secretion created
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Dec 2015
Chemists have created molecules that mimic and dominate toxic molecules secreted by bacteria.
Genetic differences in microbes and wine variation linked
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Nov 2015
The distinctive variations in taste and odour between wines from different regions are linked to ti…
£5 million for superbug research
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jun 2015
Two teams of researchers have been awarded almost £5 million for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) res…
Genomic switches hidden in ‘Loop-ome’
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2015
By developing 3D maps of folded genomes scientists have discovered that a structural basis for gene…
Divide and conquer protein revealed
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Nov 2014
The structure of a key protein involved in building defensive bacterial cell walls has been reveale…
Anthrax is new drug delivery vehicle
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Oct 2014
Anthrax doesn’t seem like the go-to vehicle for delivering cancer drugs, but researchers from MIT h…
Jamming bacterial ‘shredder’ could fight infection
Evoluted New Media | Added: 29 Sep 2014
By jamming their ‘paper shredder’, scientists might be able to drown deadly bacteria in their own p…
Engineered E. coli turns fatty acids into propane
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 Sep 2014
By engineering a protein found in the gut, researchers have generated renewable propane and taken a…
Underinvestment in antibacterial research
Evoluted New Media | Added: 5 Aug 2014
Less than 1% of public and charitable funding from bodies in the UK was awarded to antibiotics rese…
