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Antibiotic breakthrough could turn the tables in battle against superbugs

Antibiotic breakthrough could turn the tables in battle against superbugs

The powerful antimicrobial teixobactin was discovered using a new technique that could speed up the discovery of new antibiotics to tackle resistance Scientists have discovered a new class o... Read more

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Scientists create renewable fossil fuel alternative using bacteria

Scientists create renewable fossil fuel alternative using bacteria

Although we have only produced tiny amounts so far, the fuel we have produced is ready to be used in an engine straight away – Dr Patrik Jones, Department of Life Sciences Researchers have e... Read more

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Investigators identify genes that contribute to radiation resistance and potential cancer protection

Investigators identify genes that contribute to radiation resistance and potential cancer protection

The benefits of this research and its progeny could be substantial, says Cox. A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin have identified 46 genes in Escherichia coli that are nec... Read more

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Using DNA to build a better, safer drug-delivery tool

Using DNA to build a better, safer drug-delivery tool

Bacterial infections usually announce themselves with pain and fever but often can be defeated with antibiotics — and then there are those that are sneaky and hard to beat. Now, scientists h... Read more

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Chinese Biologist CUI Qiu Seeks out Productive Biofuel Sources

Chinese Biologist CUI Qiu Seeks out Productive Biofuel Sources

Biologist Cui Qiu manipulates genes of little-known bacteria to make them superstars of fuel production. In one recent achievement, Cui, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Sciences... Read more

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Genetically engineered bacteria can be used to attack other bacterial species

Genetically engineered bacteria can be used to attack other bacterial species

BIOFILMS are a problem in medicine. When bacteria gang up to form the continuous sheets that bear this name they are far harder to kill with antibiotics than when they just float around as i... Read more

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KAIST announces a novel technology to produce gasoline by a metabolically-engineered microorganism

KAIST announces a novel technology to produce gasoline by a metabolically-engineered microorganism

A major scientific breakthrough in the development of renewable energy sources and other important chemicals The research team succeeded in producing 580 mg of gasoline per litre of cultured... Read more

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Microbial team turns corn stalks and leaves into better biofuel

Microbial team turns corn stalks and leaves into better biofuel

“We’re hoping that biofuels made in such an efficient way can eventually replace current petroleum-based fuels” A fungus and E. coli bacteria have joined forces to turn tou... Read more

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A shot in the arm for old antibiotics

A shot in the arm for old antibiotics

Low doses of silver make bacteria more susceptible to antibiotic attack, paving the way for new therapies for drug-resistant and recurrent infections Slipping bacteria some silver could give... Read more

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Produce Industry’s Food Safety Push Takes Toll on the Environment

Produce Industry’s Food Safety Push Takes Toll on the Environment

An overzealous effort at protecting consumer from foodborne illness in California may be having unforeseen consequences on biodiversity, sustainability Clean greens are healthy greens. Or so... Read more

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Bugs produce diesel on demand

Bugs produce diesel on demand

It sounds like science fiction but a team from the University of Exeter, with support from Shell, has developed a method to make bacteria produce diesel on demand. While the technology still... Read more

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Scientist Discovers New Application for Copper That Can Be Used to Improve Food Safety

Scientist Discovers New Application for Copper That Can Be Used to Improve Food Safety

“We know it will do an effective job of destroying harmful bacteria within food” Michigan Technological University researcher Jaroslaw Drelich and professor of materials science... Read more

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Scientists Notch a Win in War Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Scientists Notch a Win in War Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Sophisticated modeling and biotechnology used to weaken cells by fouling their metabolic machinery A team of scientists just won a battle in the war against antibiotic-resistant “super... Read more

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New coating evicts biofilms for good

New coating evicts biofilms for good

Slippery technology shown to prevent more than 99% of harmful bacterial slime from forming on surfaces. Biofilms may no longer have any solid ground upon which to stand. A team of Harvard sc... Read more

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Nanopills Release Drugs Directly from the Inside of Cells

Nanopills Release Drugs Directly from the Inside of Cells

A new and promising platform for drug administration Researchers at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB) have created nanoparticles which could release drugs directly from the cells... Read more

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