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Rice University: Hidden Genes May Be Tapped for New Antibiotics
July 12, 2022
HOUSTON, Texas, July 12 (TNSjou) -- Rice University issued the following news release:

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Rice University bioscientists adapt CRISPR to trigger 'silent' genes in bacteria

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Silents are potentially golden in the search for antibiotics to slow the ongoing crisis of resistance in the treatment of disease.

Rice University bioscientists have designed novel on and off switches to control the "silent" genes in a . . .

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