# Silent bacterial genes yield potential leads for future cancer drugs

- Source: Phys.org
- Published: 2026-10-26T21:00:12+00:00
- Category: Science
- Original: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-silent-bacterial-genes-yield-potential.html
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/silent-bacterial-genes-yield-potential-leads-for-future-cancer-drugs-820a36/

Natural products produced by microorganisms are a promising source of new drugs. Researchers at the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and its Saarbrücken-based site, the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), have now discovered a new family of such compounds, elucidated their unusual biosynthesis and developed a way to produce them synthetically.

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