14 Nov 2017
The World Health Organisation, has highlighted a lack of new antibiotics in development which is leading to a crisis in antibiotic production and our ability to tackle infections. However, cutting-edge technology gives us a chink of hope in what could otherwise be...
17 Oct 2017
Manchester iGEM 2017 Awarded Gold at the Giant Jamboree! : This year our team of undergraduate students from the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University are working on a project that aims to engineer a bacterium that can take up and store...
11 Jul 2017
Scientists have discovered a new enzyme that will make a drug used to treat Parkinson’s disease cheaper and quicker to produce. Researchers at the Universities of Manchester and York found the enzyme in Aspergillus oryzae, a kind of fungus used for making soy sauce....
11 Jul 2017
Researchers at the University of Manchester have discovered a new species of yeast that could help brewers create better lager. Working in collaboration with the National Collection of Yeast Cultures (NCYC), the team say it is a new of member of the Saccharomyces...
17 Apr 2017
Making Sense of Menthol by Robert Meckin, Research Associate, SYNBIOCHEM RRI Group, March 2017 Sketch by Lynne Chapman, Artist in Residence at the Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives Old-fashioned sweets, mouthwash at the dentists, aromatic chewing gums,...
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