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Cheap drugs for bad bugs: engineering natural product synthesis
Objectives
The project team sought to develop prototype systems for the production of complex natural products in metabolically simple hosts (like E. coli). By engineering bacteria, this project aims to produce natural, low-cost drugs for the developing world.
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Rationale and Abstract
The developing world faces parasitic diseases (such as leichmaniasis and malaria) with limited tools for treatment. For-profit pharmaceutical companies rarely invest in the development of drugs for such diseases, because it is not economic to do so. Natural products are one possible source of new pharmaceuticals.
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Cheap drugs for bad bugs: engineering natural product synthesis
Date
Mar 2014 — Sep 2015
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