{"87351":{"#nid":"87351","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Researchers Identify Genes for Thiostrepton","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGenetic Engineering News   - Mar 23 Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have ident ified the genetic machinery responsible for synthesizing thiostrepton, a powerful antibiotic produced by certain bacteria. Though effective against the dangerous MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), it currently has only limited applications in humans because it is not water soluble.  . . . \u0022We are interested in making derivatives of this peptide drug that retain their potency and are efficiently processed by biochemical machinery,\u0022 said Wendy L. Kelly, an assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.genengnews.com\/news\/bnitem.aspx?name=51688734\u0026amp;chid=2\u0026amp;taxid=14\u0022\u003EClick for full story.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have ident ified the genetic machinery responsible for synthesizing thiostrepton, a powerful antibiotic produced by certain bacteria.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Prof. Wendy Kelly\u0027s research highlighted."}],"uid":"27275","created_gmt":"2009-04-13 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:18","author":"Shirley Tomes","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2009-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2009-04-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"87361":{"id":"87361","type":"image","title":"Prof. Wendy Kelly","body":null,"created":"1449178119","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:39","changed":"1475894503","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:41:43"}},"media_ids":["87361"],"groups":[{"id":"85951","name":"School of Chemistry and Biochemistry"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EShirley Tomes\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EChemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=st81\u0022\u003EContact Shirley Tomes\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E404-894-0591\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["shirley.tomes@chemistry.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}