News articles tagged with 'yeast'
Maquipucuna cloud forest in Ecuador yields new species of yeast
— 15 Mar 2011 20:53 | BiologyIn a unique collaboration between scientists from the UK, Ecuador and Reunion, a new species of yeast has been discovered growing on the fruit of an unidentified and innocuous bramble…
Novel mechanism for control of gene expression revealed
— 5 Mar 2011 13:03 | HealthDr David Levin, Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology at Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine and Professor of Microbiology at Boston University School of…
Turning bacteria into butanol biofuel factories
— 3 Mar 2011 12:53 | EnvironmentUniversity of California, Berkeley, chemists have engineered bacteria to churn out a gasoline-like biofuel at about 10 times the rate of competing microbes, a breakthrough that could…
Scripps Research study sheds light on RNA 'on off switches'
— 13 Feb 2011 21:13 | BiologyScientists from The Scripps Research Institute have shed new light on a molecular switch that turns genes on or off in response to a cell's energy needs…
Taking mating cues from many sources, pathogen adapts to thrive and infect
— 25 Jan 2011 18:17 | HealthThe success of a fungal pathogen in becoming a persistent and opportunistic source of infection in human beings may be due to a mating strategy that can best be described as 'don't…
New hope in fight against Huntington's disease
— 10 Jan 2011 19:51 | HealthHope for new ways of treating devastating neurodegenerative disorders such as Huntington's disease has been raised by a trans-Atlantic team of researchers thanks to the use of cutting-edge…
Team overcomes major obstacles to cellulosic biofuel production
— 3 Jan 2011 16:35 | EnvironmentA newly engineered yeast strain can simultaneously consume two types of sugar from plants to produce ethanol, researchers report. The sugars are glucose, a six-carbon sugar that is…
Researchers open the door to biological computers
— 15 Dec 2010 17:29 | BiologyGenetically modified cells can be made to communicate with each other as if they were electronic circuits. Using yeast cells, a group of researchers at the University of Gothenburg,…
The gene-environment enigma
— 3 Dec 2010 17:59 | HealthPersonalised medicine centres on being able to predict the risk of disease or response to a drug based on a person's genetic makeup. But a study by scientists at Washington University…
UCLA biochemists develop new method for preventing oxidative damage to cells
— 2 Dec 2010 18:28 | HealthThe discovery by UCLA biochemists of a new method for preventing oxidation in the essential fatty acids of cell membranes could lead to a new class of more effective nutritional supplements…