2009 press releases

• 28 December 2009
  Disinfectants may promote growth of superbugs
• 23 November 2009
  Killer fungus threatening amphibians
• 2 November 2009
  Bacteria “launch a shield” to resist attack
• 10 September 2009
  New sources of biofuel to take pressure off traditional crops »
• 9 September 2009
  Taking the stress off yeast produces better wine »
  Shining a light on disease – tracking light-emitting bacteria during infection »
• 8 September 2009
  Mounting a multi-layered attack on fungal infections »
  Designing probiotics that ambush gut pathogens »
  Using insects to test for drug safety »
• 7 September 2009
  Making more efficient fuel cells »
  Making bacteria make useful proteins »
  Using microbes for the quick clean up of dirty oil »
  Building better bone replacements with bacteria »
  Using waste to recover waste uranium »
  Novel bacterial strains clear algal toxins from drinking water »
  How manuka honey helps fight infection »
• 10 July 2009
  Humans may give swine flu to pigs in new twist to pandemic »
• 15 June 2009
  Bacteria from the deep can clean up heavy metals »
• A tiny frozen microbe may hold clues to extra-terrestrial life »
• 14 May 2009
  Cholesterol busting bug with a taste for waste »
• 2 April 2009
  New test for a deadly fungal infection in patients with damaged immune systems »
  A hot solution to bean sprout safety »
  How probiotics can prevent disease »
  Targeting specific disease-causing bacteria in the mouth »
• 1 April 2009
  Sex workers prefer remote screening for sexually transmitted diseases »
  A potential magic bullet for MRSA treatment »
• 31 March 2009
  Prize for Dundee Professor's groundbreaking work on microbes, metals and minerals »
  Light-activated antibacterial coating offers new weapon in fight against hospital-acquired infections »
  Handwashing more important than isolation in controlling MRSA superbug infection »
  New, more effective, nisin antibiotics combat superbugs and food diseases »
  Better oral hygiene could reduce complications in pregnancy and help newborn babies »
  Colon cancer and the microbes in your gut »
  Climate change fears for deadly virus outbreaks in livestock »
• 30 March 2009
  Microbes in mud flats clean up oil spill chemicals »
  Fish oils reduce greenhouse gas emissions from flatulent cows »
  Genes that make bacteria make up their minds »
  Tea tree oil and silver together make more effective antiseptics »
  Superbug risk to war wounded »
  Poultry and diabetics at risk from gas gangrene bug »
  Slow-growing TB bacteria point the way to new drug development »
  Spreading antibiotics in the soil affects microbial ecosystems »
  Corrosion-inhibiting coatings containing 'good' bacteria »
  Transmssion of drug resistant HIV-1 »