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Synlogic gets grant for genetically engineered bacteria for attenuating metabolic diseases

Pharmaceutical Technology

Discover how Synlogic Inc's patented genetically engineered bacteria produce short-chain fatty acids to combat metabolic diseases. Learn more about this innovative treatment approach.

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Synlogic gets grant for genetically engineered bacteria for treating phenylketonuria

Pharmaceutical Technology

Learn about the innovative method for producing pharmaceutical compositions using non-pathogenic bacteria to metabolize phenylalanine. Discover how Synlogic Inc's patented genetically programmed microorganisms can modulate and treat diseases. Explore the potential applications in gut microbiome and tumor environments.

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Researchers develop CRISPR-based drug candidate for microbiome targeting

Pharmaceutical Technology

Blood cancer patients with E coli infection are at risk of bacteria infecting the bloodstream. The research team has designed four bacterial viruses which use CRISPR technology to kill the unwanted bacteria precisely. The team then engineered the phages through gene editing to improve their targeting ability.

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Engineered bacteria find tumors, then alert immune cells

Medical Xpress

Combining discoveries in cancer immunology with sophisticated genetic engineering, Columbia University researchers have created a sort of "bacterial suicide squad" that targets tumors, attracting the host's own immune cells to the cancer to destroy it.

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Bacteria upcycle carbon waste into valuable chemicals

Scienmag

Bacteria are known for breaking down lactose to make yogurt and sugar to make beer. Now researchers led by Northwestern University and LanzaTech have harnessed bacteria to break down waste carbon dioxide (CO2) to make valuable industrial chemicals.

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Good bacteria can temper chemotherapy side effects

Scienmag

Naturally occurring gut bacteria can clean up chemo toxins in the body, study finds Credit: Northwestern University In the human gut, good bacteria make great neighbors.

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UMass Amherst chemical engineer receives $1.4M NSF grant to create programmable living devices for drinking water contaminant removal

Scienmag

. — Lauren Andrews, University of Massachusetts Amherst assistant professor and the Marvin and Eva Schlanger Faculty Fellow in the department of chemical engineering, has received a three-year, $1.4 Credit: UMass […].