When he finished in 1992, he didn't have enough funding left to put the gene in bacteria--a necessary test if he was to be sure he had the right DNA sequence.

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In the first set of analysis, the team found 182 species of bacteria, but at the repeated test a further 65 showed up.

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Not only does the new test enable the TB bacteria to be identified more quickly, it allows doctors to add various drugs to the liquid media in which the sample is grown to determine which would be of benefit in tackling the infection.

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Kosan is also working with the National Cancer Institute to test analogues of geldanamycin, a bacteria-derived agent, in early human trials that may boost the effectiveness of chemotherapy.

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AHLs, and has been screening them in laboratory cultures to test their effects on various species of bacteria.

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In a company-funded test, GermBana's fabric was contaminated with bacteria and, when tested 24 hours later, the number of bacteria had decreased by 99.92%.

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Another alternative, the EIA test, which detects substances produced by the chlamydia bacteria that trigger the immune system or immune system chemicals produced in response, is less complex.

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Kosan has generated several hundred variants of the antibiotic, some of which wipe out strains of bacteria that are resistant to most other marketed drugs--in test tube and animal experiments, anyway.

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