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Unnatural selection: The "evolution machine" that drives bacteria to produce new drugs

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2017-11-27 03:22:53
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are threatening to cast us back into the dark ages of medicine. To fight back, a new “evolution machine” directs the evolution of bacteria by making changes to their environment, guiding them to produce molecules that could lead to new drugs.

Source: https://newatlas.com/evolution-machine-bacteria-drugs/52349/ [newatlas.com]

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