Articles tagged with "Microbiology"

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Leap forward made in synthetic biology

April 3, 2017
An international team of more than 200 researchers have made significant progress in building an organism from scratch.

Gut bacteria diversity linked to immunotherapy response in melanoma patients

November 15, 2016
Patients with malignant melanoma have been found more likely to respond to immunotherapy treatment if they have a greater diversity of gut bacteria.

Food preservative found to kill cancer cells

January 27, 2016
A naturally occurring food preservative, nisin, has been found effective at destroying cancer and antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Bacterium ‘taught’ to photosynthesise

January 20, 2016
Researchers have managed to induce a bacterium to perform photosynthesis.

Antibiotic resistance could hold key for treating amyloid diseases

January 14, 2016
Researchers have discovered a method of using antibiotic resistance to find chemicals that stop amyloids – misfolded proteins - forming.

Metformin affects diabetic trial studies

December 30, 2015
Metformin has been found to have a stronger effect on gut flora than diabetes Type 2, the condition for which it is prescribed.

Molecules that dominate bacterial secretion created

December 23, 2015
Chemists have created molecules that mimic and dominate toxic molecules secreted by bacteria.

Genetic differences in microbes and wine variation linked

November 25, 2015
The distinctive variations in taste and odour between wines from different regions are linked to tiny genetic differences in microbe species, new study finds.

£5 million for superbug research

June 4, 2015
Two teams of researchers have been awarded almost £5 million for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research. The grant, awarded by the cross research council war cabinet on antimicrobial resistance, will be...

Genomic switches hidden in ‘Loop-ome’

January 14, 2015
By developing 3D maps of folded genomes scientists have discovered that a structural basis for gene regulation can produce different cell types. A team of researchers at Harvard University have...

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