New Amino Acids Just Dropped

ARMOR on the Air

Our last episode of 2021 is about a very cool feat of engineering done by researchers at Cambridge, where they carefully CRISPR-ed an E. coli genome to ADD MORE AMINO ACIDS TO BIOLOGY. Yeah, it’s wild, it’s cool, it made virus-immune bacteria, and it could revolutionize synthesis of materials.

General public article

https://singularityhub.com/2021/06/08/scientists-used-crispr-to-engineer-a-new-superbug-thats-invincible-to-all-viruses/

Original paper

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abg3029

ARMOR on the Air is a student-led podcast based out of the University of Colorado Boulder. We discuss the antimicrobial resistance crisis and what we as members of the public can do to help! Join our hosts, graduate student Dana and Danish pharmacist Karoline, as we learn more about superbugs and how to stop them!

ARMOR is an outreach organization at CU Boulder. We promote safe and responsible use of antibiotics, support research into new antibiotics, and encourage the public to take steps in their daily lives to limit development of more superbugs!

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