A team from The University of Manchester have engineered a common gut bacterium to produce a new class of antibiotics by using robotics. These antibiotics, known as class II polyketides, are also naturally produced by soil bacteria and have antimicrobial properties which are vital in the modern pharmaceutical industry to combat infectious diseases and cancer.
18 July, 2019
A new study aims to show how the incurable condition multiple sclerosis (MS) could in future be diagnosed by a simple breath test.
12 July, 2019
Scientists have detected changes in electrical signals from different types of cancer cells, that could lead to the development of devices that can be sent to a tumour to ‘switch off’ the cells.
11 July, 2019
UCL scientists and engineers will bring cancerous tumours to life through games at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition from 1st July.
01 July, 2019