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Soil bacteria can produce a wealth of new antibiotics 01 June 2014
Soil bacteria can produce a wealth of antibiotics that are new to us, claims Gilles van Wezel, Professor of Molecular Biotechnology at the Institute o...
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White blood cells in transparent embryos 06 May 2010
Leiden molecular cell biologists in the research group of Annemarie Meijer have discovered novel early macrophage-specific genes in zebrafish, includi...
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Bacteria evolve gambling behaviour 04 November 2009
In an unpredictable environment bacteria evolve the same strategy as shareholders who try to protect themselves against unpredictable swings in the st...