The use of fungicides to treat plant pathogens dates back 150 years, when a mixture of lime and copper sulfate, known as the "Bordeaux mixture," was used to control fungal diseases in French vineyards. However, as fungicide ...
Agriculture
Dec 17, 2021
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Scientists have discovered a new route to produce complex antibiotics exploiting gene editing to re-program pathways to future medicines urgently required to combat antimicrobial resistance, treat neglected diseases and tackle ...
Biotechnology
Nov 25, 2021
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Resistance to antibiotics is on the rise worldwide. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM alongside the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich have developed a process for rapidly ...
Biotechnology
Nov 2, 2021
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For the endangered Hawaiian plant Eugenia koolauensis, fungi could be both its demise and its savior. The fungal pathogen myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) has been devastating populations of the endemic tree, along with ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 30, 2021
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Urgent investment in new tools is needed to address major global losses of wheat crops which cost £22 billion per year.
Biotechnology
May 27, 2021
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Most antibiotics need to penetrate their target bacteria. But Darobactin, a newly discovered compound, is much too large to do so. Nonetheless, it kills many antibiotic-resistant pathogens—by exploiting a tiny weak spot ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 15, 2021
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Pathogenic bacteria in humans are developing resistance to antibiotics much faster than expected. Now, computational research at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, shows that one reason could be significant genetic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 21, 2021
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The descendants of regular wild-type bacteria can evolve to survive for a long time on metallic copper surfaces that would usually kill them within a few minutes. An international research team led by Martin Luther University ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 13, 2021
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Scientists have compiled the first comprehensive review of plant natural products that play a role in antibacterial activity, to serve as a guide in the search for new drugs to combat antibiotic-resistant pathogens.
Biochemistry
Nov 11, 2020
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National University of Singapore researchers have developed an approach to selectively target pathogenic bacteria by harnessing an intracellular metabolite known as formate, abundant in these bacteria, as a new antimicrobial ...
Biochemistry
Oct 9, 2020
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