News articles tagged with 'yeast'
Slowing evolution to stop drug resistance
— 17 Nov 2009 16:29 | HealthInfectious organisms that become resistant to antibiotics are a serious threat to human society. They are also a natural part of evolution. In a new project, researchers at the University... — full story
Genomes of biofuel yeasts reveal clues that could boost fuel ethanol production worldwide
— 6 Nov 2009 11:57 | EnvironmentAs global temperatures and energy costs continue to soar, renewable sources of energy will be key to a sustainable future. An attractive replacement for gasoline is biofuel, and in... — full story
New discoveries in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
— 5 Nov 2009 13:54 | BiologyThe study, entitled 'Moonlighting Proteins HAL3 and VHS3 Form a Heteromeric PPCDC with YKL088w in Yeast CoA Biosynthesis' and published in Nature Chemical Biology, was carried out by... — full story
UC Riverside researchers create first synthetic cellulosome in yeast
— 31 Oct 2009 14:38 | BiologyA team of researchers led by University of California, Riverside (UCR) Professor of Chemical Engineering Wilfred Chen has constructed for the first time a synthetic cellulosome in yeast,... — full story
Pumpkin skin may scare away germs
— 29 Oct 2009 09:43 | HealthThe skin of that pumpkin you carve into a Jack-o'-Lantern to scare away ghosts and goblins on Halloween contains a substance that could put a scare into microbes that cause millions... — full story
Genome sequence published for important biofuels yeast
— 7 Oct 2009 14:54 | BiologyA strain of yeast that thrives on turning sugar cane into ethanol for biofuel has had its genome completely sequenced by researchers at Duke University Medical Centre... — full story
Taking the stress off yeast produces better wine
— 9 Sep 2009 12:31 | BiologyTurning grape juice into wine is a stressful business for yeasts. Dr Agustin Aranda from the University of Valencia, Spain has identified the genes in yeast that enable it to respond... — full story
Mounting a multi-layered attack on fungal infections
— 8 Sep 2009 10:27 | HealthUnravelling a microbe's multilayer defence mechanisms could lead to effective new treatments for potentially lethal fungal infections in cancer patients and others whose natural immunity... — full story
From nerve roots to plant roots - research on hereditary spastic paraplegia yields surprises
— 7 Aug 2009 10:56 | HealthSprouting. Branching. Pruning. Neuroscientists have borrowed heavily from botanists to describe the way that neurones grow, but analogies between the growth of neurones and plants may... — full story
A yeast cancer model for mapping cancer genes
— 28 Jul 2009 08:10 | HealthResearchers have devised a scheme for identifying genes in yeast that could lead to the identification of new cancer genes in humans. The study is published online this week in the... — full story