{"id":34,"date":"2012-11-13T18:08:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-13T18:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/?p=34"},"modified":"2012-11-13T18:08:04","modified_gmt":"2012-11-13T18:08:04","slug":"vitamin-variants-could-combat-cancer-as-scientists-unravel-b12-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2012\/11\/13\/vitamin-variants-could-combat-cancer-as-scientists-unravel-b12-secrets\/","title":{"rendered":"Vitamin variants could combat cancer as scientists unravel B12 secrets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/files\/2012\/10\/Martin-Warren-2012.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-76\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/files\/2012\/10\/Martin-Warren-2012-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Much has been made in recent years about the promise of synthetic biology. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/bio\/profiles\/staff\/warren.html\" target=\"_blank\">Professor Martin Warren<\/a> leads a team of researchers who have used this approach to unravel how vitamin B12 is made in cells. The work was published in the journal Nature Chemical Biology. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/research\/stories\/vitamin-variants-could-combat-cancer\/2012\">Find out more about the work<\/a>\u00a0and how it might lead to developments in the treatment of infectious disease and cancer.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Warren is the Head of the School of Biosciences and brings his research expertise to teaching undergraduate students about metabolic processes in biology\u00a0and how imbalances in these processes lead to disease.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2012\/11\/13\/vitamin-variants-could-combat-cancer-as-scientists-unravel-b12-secrets\/&amp;t=Vitamin variants could combat cancer as scientists unravel B12 secrets' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=Vitamin variants could combat cancer as scientists unravel B12 secrets%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2012\/11\/13\/vitamin-variants-could-combat-cancer-as-scientists-unravel-b12-secrets\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2012\/11\/13\/vitamin-variants-could-combat-cancer-as-scientists-unravel-b12-secrets\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2012\/11\/13\/vitamin-variants-could-combat-cancer-as-scientists-unravel-b12-secrets\/&amp;title=Vitamin variants could combat cancer as scientists unravel B12 secrets' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2012\/11\/13\/vitamin-variants-could-combat-cancer-as-scientists-unravel-b12-secrets\/&amp;title=Vitamin variants could combat cancer as scientists unravel B12 secrets' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much has been made in recent years about the promise of synthetic biology. 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