Taking the stress off yeast produces better wine

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 06:07 in Health & Medicine

Turning grape juice into wine is a stressful business for yeasts. Dr Agustin Aranda from the University of Valencia, Spain has identified the genes in yeast that enable it to respond to stress and is investigating ways to improve yeast performance by modifying its stress response mechanism.

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