Prions can trigger 'stuck' wine fermentations, researchers find
Saturday, August 30, 2014 - 12:01
in Health & Medicine
A biochemical communication system that crosses from bacteria to yeast, making use of prions, has been discovered. It is responsible for a chronic winemaking problem known as 'stuck fermentation' and may also have implications for better understanding metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, in humans.