Directed evolution gets bacteria designing new antibiotics for us

Evolution is an incredible process, allowing life to adapt to changes in its environment. In the 1990s, the lab of Frances Arnold showed how we can turn this process to our advantage by manipulating microbes into evolving in a certain way, which could lead to new drugs and other breakthroughs. The discovery earned Arnold the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and now her team is using the technique to develop new antibiotics.

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Category: Medical

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• Antibiotic
• Bacteria
• Caltech
• Chemistry
• Drugs
• Enzyme
• Evolution
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