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Dial-a-Molecule submits response to BIS

On 17th May the Dial-a-Molecule Executive Group submitted a statement to BIS in response to Prof. Sir John O’Reilly’s invite for comments on key priorities for the spending review FY 2015/2016.  In this letter the following key recommendations were made: Continue support for science and research through protection of the research budget and related capital …

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Diversity in natural product families is governed by more than enzyme promiscuity alone: establishing control of the pacidamycin portfolio

“Diversity in natural product families is governed by more than enzyme promiscuity alone: establishing control of the pacidamycin portfolio” by Rebecca Goos et al. was published in Chemical Science end of last year. The article describes the researchers’ success in directing the production of some specific antibiotics in bacteria. By manipulating the genes responsible for …

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