All Microbiology
Mutation found in drug-resistant fungus
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Apr 2019
A newly identified genetic mutation in a drug resistant fungus may help in the fight against antimi…
Silver lining kills superbugs
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Mar 2019
An silver coating has been found to reduce antimicrobial resistance aboard the International Space …
Synthetic biology takes on ancient evolutionary mysteries
Evoluted New Media | Added: 16 Nov 2018
Synthetic biologists in the US have engineered organisms similar to those thought to have lived bil…
AMR needs top policy priority
Evoluted New Media | Added: 9 Nov 2018
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee, has called for Antimicrobial Resistance to b…
Gut microbiome plays role in evolution
Evoluted New Media | Added: 22 Oct 2018
By using a novel system of taxonomy a team has made a key advance toward understanding which of the…
Graphene spikes slice away infection
Evoluted New Media | Added: 8 May 2018
A tiny layer of graphene flakes could become a deadly weapon against bacteria according to scientis…
Bacteria used to block dengue and Zika
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Feb 2018
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have found a bacterial strain which blocks dengue and Zika …
Old dog, new tricks for TB antibiotic
Evoluted New Media | Added: 17 Jan 2018
Tuberculosis could be fought more effectively with future drugs – thanks to new research into an ol…
Antibiotic-resistant genes discovered
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Nov 2017
Researchers have discovered previously unknown genes that make bacteria resistant to last-resort an…
Altering gut bacteria to treat autism
Evoluted New Media | Added: 6 Jul 2017
After a review of more than 150 papers on autism and gut bacteria, scientists from the US and China…
Mosquito-killing fungus enhanced with toxins
Evoluted New Media | Added: 28 Jun 2017
A new study suggests genetically modified fungus could help target mosquitoes and reduce incidences…
Leap forward made in synthetic biology
Evoluted New Media | Added: 3 Apr 2017
An international team of more than 200 researchers have made significant progress in building an or…
Gut bacteria diversity linked to immunotherapy response in melanoma patients
Evoluted New Media | Added: 15 Nov 2016
Patients with malignant melanoma have been found more likely to respond to immunotherapy treatment …
Food preservative found to kill cancer cells
Evoluted New Media | Added: 27 Jan 2016
A naturally occurring food preservative, nisin, has been found effective at destroying cancer and a…
Bacterium ‘taught’ to photosynthesise
Evoluted New Media | Added: 20 Jan 2016
Researchers have managed to induce a bacterium to perform photosynthesis.
Antibiotic resistance could hold key for treating amyloid diseases
Evoluted New Media | Added: 14 Jan 2016
Researchers have discovered a method of using antibiotic resistance to find chemicals that stop amy…
Metformin affects diabetic trial studies
Evoluted New Media | Added: 30 Dec 2015
Metformin has been found to have a stronger effect on gut flora than diabetes Type 2, the condition…
Molecules that dominate bacterial secretion created
Evoluted New Media | Added: 23 Dec 2015
Chemists have created molecules that mimic and dominate toxic molecules secreted by bacteria.
Genetic differences in microbes and wine variation linked
Evoluted New Media | Added: 25 Nov 2015
The distinctive variations in taste and odour between wines from different regions are linked to ti…
£5 million for superbug research
Evoluted New Media | Added: 4 Jun 2015
Two teams of researchers have been awarded almost £5 million for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) res…
