2010 press releases

• 23 December 2010
  Designer probiotics could reduce obesity
  
• 15 December 2010
  Plasma therapy: an alternative to antibiotics?
  
• 6 December 2010
  New microscopic life aboard the RMS Titanic
  
• 17 November 2010
  Cancer drug target is promising lead for new TB treatments
  
• 1 November 2010
  Antibiotics have long-term impacts on gut flora
  
• 9 September 2010
  House-sharing with microbes
  Yeast holds clues to Parkinson’s disease
  
• 8 September 2010
  Fungal threat to archived film
  
• 7 September 2010
  Blood signatures to diagnose infection
  Insect brains are rich stores of new antibiotics
  Interrupting death messages to treat bone disease
  
• 6 September 2010
  ‘Jailbreak’ bacteria can trigger heart disease
  Talented bacteria make food poisoning unpredictable
  Backstabbing bacteria: A new treatment for infection?
  
• 2 September 2010
  Metal-mining bacteria are green chemists
  
• 19 August 2010
  Targeting hit-and-run cancer viruses
  
• 2 August 2010
  Mining bacterial genomes reveals valuable 'hidden' drugs
  
• 18 May 2010
  UTIs becoming harder to treat
  New breakthrough in fight against lethal CCHF virus
  
• 11 May 2010
  Fly gut bacteria could control sleeping sickness
  Rare toxic algae identified
  
• 1 May 2010
  Unmasking anthrax for immune destruction
  Fighting fungal infections with bacteria
  
• 1 April 2010
  Stem cell therapy to tackle HIV
  Flu jab for bacteria
  Small molecules have big impact for TB bacteria
  
• 31 March 2010
  Essential oils to fight superbugs
  Bile sends mixed signals to E. coli
  Adapting to change? Remember the good, forget the bad!
  
• 30 March 2010
  Personalising medicine to prevent pandemics
  Possible ‘superbug’ status for STI
  How immune cells ‘sniff out’ bacteria
  Vital role for bacteria in climate-change gas cycle
  Bacterial ‘food supplements’ for small algae
  
• 29 March 2010
  Microbial answer to plastic pollution?
  ‘Hormone therapy’ for food poisoning bacteria
  Fat clue to TB awakening
  Ecosystems under threat from ocean acidification
  Sugar-hungry yeast to boost biofuel production
  
• 12 February 2010
  The genetic secrets to jumping the species barrier
  
• 5 February 2010
  Bacteria toxic to wound-treating maggots
  Road mapping could be key to curing TB
  
• 20 January 2010
  Painless plasma jets could replace dentist’s drill
  Promising probiotic treatment for inflammatory bowel disease
  1918 and 2009 H1N1 flu probably not spread by birds
  How clean is your knife?