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Bacteria used to block dengue and Zika

February 15, 2018
News
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika virus transmission from mosquitoes. The team show that a novel strain of the inherited bacteria...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Virology, Zoology
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Old dog, new tricks for TB antibiotic

January 17, 2018
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Tuberculosis could be fought more effectively with future drugs – thanks to new research into an old antibiotic by University of Warwick and Francis Crick Institute.Professor David Roper at Warwick’s...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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Antibiotic-resistant genes discovered

November 30, 2017
News
Researchers have discovered previously unknown genes that make bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Altering gut bacteria to treat autism

July 6, 2017
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After a review of more than 150 papers on autism and gut bacteria, scientists from the US and China have suggested that alteration of the gut microbiome may reduce symptoms...
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Mosquito-killing fungus enhanced with toxins

June 28, 2017
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A new study suggests genetically modified fungus could help target mosquitoes and reduce incidences of malaria.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Leap forward made in synthetic biology

April 3, 2017
News
An international team of more than 200 researchers have made significant progress in building an organism from scratch.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Proteomics & Genomics
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Gut bacteria diversity linked to immunotherapy response in melanoma patients

November 15, 2016
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Patients with malignant melanoma have been found more likely to respond to immunotherapy treatment if they have a greater diversity of gut bacteria.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Food preservative found to kill cancer cells

January 27, 2016
News
A naturally occurring food preservative, nisin, has been found effective at destroying cancer and antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Oncology
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Bacterium ‘taught’ to photosynthesise

January 20, 2016
News
Researchers have managed to induce a bacterium to perform photosynthesis.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Microbiology
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Antibiotic resistance could hold key for treating amyloid diseases

January 14, 2016
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Researchers have discovered a method of using antibiotic resistance to find chemicals that stop amyloids – misfolded proteins - forming.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, Microbiology
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