Taking Aim at Hard-to-Treat Fungal Infections Nov 20, 2009
Commonly known as baker's yeast or brewer's yeast, S. cerevisae doesn't cause disease in humans, but the WPI team found that it can infect, and if left untreated, kill the worm. Since S.cerveisiae has many genes in common with fungi that do cause human disease, the genetic and molecular analysis now possible with this new testing model can be used to identify targets that could prevent or treat fungal infections in people. (Science Daily)
Whole Wheat Bread Recipe with Honey Nov 4, 2009
Bakers yeast which is a live wet yeast sold in blocks in the grocery store's refrigerated aisle. Instant dry yeast made by Saf-instant yeast. (Suite101.com)
Parkinson's damage under scrutiny Nov 1, 2009
Scientists may be able to use simple baker's yeast to recreate the destruction wreaked by Parkinson's disease in a test tube. It is hoped that the experiments will help them devise ways to halt the disease in its tracks. (Yahoo News -- Parkinson's Disease)
Genome Sequence Published For Important Biofuels Yeast Oct 11, 2009
Commercially available baker's yeast was used to break down the sugar cane into ethanol, but genetic tests showed that this yeast quickly disappeared in the harsh environment of industrial fermentation vats. However, a yeast that grows naturally on the sugar cane was still viable in the vats and lasted through many more generations. (Science Daily)
Higher Folates, Not Antioxidants, Can Reduce Hearing Loss Risk In Men Oct 7, 2009
Baker's yeast, liver and liver products also contain high amounts of folate. The authors believe this is the largest study to delve prospectively into the relation between dietary intake and hearing loss. (Science Daily)
Evolutionary Origins Of Prion Disease Gene Uncovered Sep 30, 2009
(July 6, 2007) Using baker's yeast and another fungus, researchers report the first successful propagation of a prion from one organism to another. Prions -- infectious, oddly-folded proteins that are the main. (Science Daily)
RNA Interference Found In Budding Yeasts Sep 16, 2009
9, 2009) New genome sequence information from the humble baker's yeast has revealed surprising variation in a set of genes that can be thought of as nature's oldest clock. Scientists have shown how ribosomal. (Science Daily)
Dessert science Aug 16, 2009
Page last updated at 19:37 GMT, Saturday, 15 August 2009 20:37 UK. Sub-zero proteins transform dessert. (BBC News -- Science)
From Nerve Roots To Plant Roots: Research On Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Yields Surprises Aug 10, 2009
The new study reveals that the atlastin protein is necessary for maintaining the shape of the ER in mammalian cells, and that an analogous protein called Sey1p performs the same function in baker's yeast. The researchers demonstrate that ER shaping defects have general relevance for HSP, by showing a connection between atlastin and a group of proteins known as the DP1 family. (Science Daily)
New method uses electrolyzed water for more efficient fuel production Jul 28, 2009
"When you break down the structure, sometimes you can produce compounds which are not friendly to the microorganisms used in fermentation. These are what we call inhibitors they kill the microorganisms like the Baker's yeast used to make ethanol," said Feng. Feng is actually a University of Illinois food scientist. (EurekAlert!)
Novel Drug Discovery Tool Could Identify Promising New Therapies For Parkinson's Disease Jul 18, 2009
ScienceDaily (July 17, 2009) Researchers have turned simple baker's yeast into a virtual army of medicinal chemists capable of rapidly searching for drugs to treat Parkinson's disease. See also. (Science Daily)
Of Yeast And Men: Unraveling The Molecular Mechanisms Of Friedreich's Ataxia Jul 13, 2009
The researchers started with common baker's yeast because it allowed them to monitor the progress and genetic control of repeat expansions, which is not feasible in humans. When they inserted GAA repeats of varying lengths (50-to-150 triplet repeats) into an intron of the specifically modified reporter gene they found that widespread expansions of these repeats indeed occurred. (Science Daily)
Gene Evolution Process Discovered Jun 27, 2009
ScienceDaily (June 26, 2009) One of the mechanisms governing how our physical features and behavioural traits have evolved over centuries has been discovered by researchers at the University of Leeds. Darwin proposed that such traits are passed from a parent to their offspring, with natural selection favouring those that give the greatest advantage for survival, but did not have a scientific explanation for this process. (Science Daily)
Glucose-To-Glycerol Conversion In Long-lived Yeast Provides Anti-aging Effects May 14, 2009
14, 2008) Researchers achieve record longevity for ordinary baker's yeast through dietary and genetic changes. Findings provide insight into aging mechanisms shared with humans and other mammals. (Science Daily)
Snippet Of RNA Helps Make Individuals Remarkably Alike May 7, 2009
The research, which studied the genetic makeup of baker's yeast, appears in the Public. (Apr. (Science Daily)
Robot makes key artificial intelligence step: study Apr 4, 2009
Adam was tasked with studying the genomics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a baker's yeast which scientists use to model more complex life forms. The researchers conducted independent experiments that verified the robot's findings. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Robot Scientist: First Machine To Make Discovery Apr 3, 2009
The robot has discovered simple but new scientific knowledge about the genomics of the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, an organism that scientists use to model more complex life systems ... Using artificial intelligence, Adam hypothesised that certain genes in baker's yeast code for specific enzymes which catalyse biochemical reactions in yeast. (Science Daily)
Researchers Create Robot Scientists That Can Think Apr 3, 2009
It is the world's first example of a machine that has made an independent scientific discovery in this case, new facts about the genetic make-up of baker's yeast. "On its own it can think of hypotheses and then do the experiments, and we've checked that it's got the results correct," King said in an interview. (Fox News)
Meet Adam and Eve: AI Lab-Bots That Can Take On Reams of Data Apr 3, 2009
They describe how the bot operates by relating how he carried out one of his tasks, in this case to find out more about the genetic makeup of baker's yeast , an organism that scientists use to model more complex life systems. Using , Adam hypothesized that certain genes in baker's yeast code for specific enzymes that catalyze biochemical reactions. (Scientific American)
First Robot Scientist Makes Gene Discovery Apr 3, 2009
To test ADAM's capabilities, King's team gave the robot the task of discovering more about the of baker's yeast, a simple microbe often used as a model for studying more complex biological systems. First ADAM was given a crash course in biology, including everything that is already known about baker's yeast. (National Geographic)
Robot achieves scientific first; Machine makes discovery independently of creators... Apr 3, 2009
FT.com / UK - Robot achieves scientific first. Financial Times FT.com. (The Drudge Report)
Yeast Biology Yields Insights Into Human Knowledge Expansion Mar 22, 2009
But by analyzing three decades of discoveries about baker's yeast---an organism that has been extensively studied for insights into the workings of genes and proteins---University of Michigan researchers have revealed some interesting patterns in the proliferation of scientific understanding ... By the end of 2007, more than 73,000 gene-gene interactions in baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) had been discovered and documented in some 5,400 publications authored by 11,238 researchers. (Science Daily)
A budding role for a cellular dynamo Feb 19, 2009
Waltham, MAActin, a globular protein found in all eukaryotic cells, is a workhorse that varies remarkably little from baker's yeast to the human body ... Using baker's yeast as the model organism, Brandeis researchers Melissa Chesarone, Christopher Gould, and James Moseley, all in the lab of biologist Bruce Goode, set out to discover how the length of actin fibers is controlled. (EurekAlert!)
Parkinson's damage under scrutiny Feb 9, 2009
Scientists may be able to use simple baker's yeast to recreate the destruction wreaked by Parkinson's disease in a test tube. It is hoped that the experiments will help them devise ways to halt the disease in its tracks. (Yahoo News -- Parkinson's Disease)
