Scienmag

MARCH 2, 2021

— Envisioning an animal-free drug supply, scientists have — for the first time — reprogrammed a common bacterium to make a designer polysaccharide molecule used in pharmaceuticals and nutraceuticals. Process paves a road to safe, ethical, and fast drug manufacturing Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y.

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Scienmag

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Work allows genomic monitoring for epidemic strains of Vibrio cholerae bacteria The evolution of epidemic and endemic strains of the cholera-causing bacterium Vibrio cholerae in Argentina has been mapped in detail by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the University of Cambridge and the (..)

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pharmaphorum

JANUARY 20, 2021

Ella, 28, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis – a rare genetic disease which causes a build-up of thick, sticky mucus in the lungs, digestive tract, and sinuses – at 18 months old. This sticky mucus gets trapped and breeds infections from bacteria I inhale,” says Ella, who adds she was “terrified” of doctors as a child.

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The Pharma Data

JUNE 14, 2023

Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a common environmental bacterium, can colonize different body parts, such as the lungs, leading to persistent, chronic infections that can last a lifetime – a common occurrence in people with cystic fibrosis. “Our study took a novel approach to look directly into the bacterium’s behavior in the human host.”

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Drug Discovery World

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The rapidly growing area of synthetic biology – including molecular biology, biotechnology, biophysics, and genetic engineering – is having a marked impact on the drug discovery landscape. The Rockefeller University 2 recently reported the development of a synthetic antibiotic that could potentially work against drug-resistant bacteria.

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The Pharma Data

JULY 11, 2021

We are talking about the microbiome – the vast collection of bacteria in the human gut. The microbiome has been the focus of research for 20 years – ever since a new technique made it possible to analyse these bacteria quickly and precisely: high-throughput sequencing. In doing so, they induce epigenetic changes.

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XTalks

DECEMBER 24, 2020

However, for virologists like Lori Frappier, PhD, professor in the department of molecular genetics at the University of Toronto, the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 was less of a surprise and more of an inevitability. She told Xtalks that, “Experts have always known that this kind of pandemic was a possibility, especially with coronaviruses.

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