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Essay review: bringing molecules to lifeAuthors Carrell, Robin Source Notes & Records of the Royal Society 62: 391-395, 13 October 2008 Year 2008
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Subject Review of ‘Max Perutz and the secret of life’ by Georgina Ferry Keywords Jean Pierre Allain; J. D. Bernal; Lawrence Bragg; Robin Carrell; Francis Crick; Richard Dawkins; Georgina Ferry; [Frederick] Gowland Hopkins; Robert Huber; John Kendrew; [Aaron] Klug; Hermann Lehmann; [Cèsar] Milstein; Linus Pauling; Gisela [Perutz]; Max Perutz; Michael Rossmann; Ernest Rutherford; [Fred] Sanger; Penelope Stein; Margaret Thatcher; John Meurig Thomas; [James] Watson -
Exhibition: A protein ghost etched in glassAuthors Paterlini, Marta Source Nature 452, 13 March 2008, p.155 Year 2008
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Subject Drawing from Max Perutz’s idea to encourage photographers and designers to be part of the scientific team, the Design4Science exhibition in Stockholm features a sculpture by an artist inspired by ATP synthase. Keywords art; ATP synthase; Design4Science; Irving Geis; Nobel Museum; Max Perutz; protein crystallography; Colin Rennie -
From the first protein structures to our current knowledge of protein folding: delights and scepticismsAuthors Fersht, Alan R. Source Nature Review Molecular Cell Biology 9 (8), August 2008, pp.650-654 Year 2008
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Subject A look back to the publication of the first structures of proteins at atomic resolution (in 1958) and the impact this had on the field of protein folding. The LMB features in this history. Keywords Christian Anfinsen; Robert Baldwin; Sydney Brenner; Cyrus Chothia; Tom Creighton; Francis Crick; S. Walter Englander; Human Genome Project; [Martin] Karplus; John Kendrew; Aaron Klug; Herman Lehmann; Michael Levitt; Cyrus Levinthal; [Kaj Ulrik] Linderstrøm-Lang; Cesar Milstein; myoglobin; NMR spectroscopy; Max Perutz; David Phillips; protein engineering; protein folding; Protein Structure Initiative; Oleg Ptitsyn; recombinant DNA technology; Fred Sanger; [David] Weaver; X-ray crystallography -
Gene surgery trials offer hope for diabetics and Aids sufferersAuthors Highfield, Roger Source Daily Telegraph, 18 March 2008, p.15 Year 2008
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Subject A pioneering form of genetic surgery is being tested by Aaron Klug, and could lead to new treatments for Aids, diabetes and chronic pain. Keywords gene therapy; Aaron Klug; Nobel Prize; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; zinc fingers -
Gene targeting raises cure hopesAuthors BBC News Source BBC News, 18 March 2008 Year 2008
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Subject A more efficient way to shut down rogue genes raises hopes of new therapies for conditions like diabetes and HIV. Aaron Klug is quoted throughout the article. Keywords Aids; Vincent Cunliffe; gene targeting; Aaron Klug; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences; Sangamo BioSciences; zinc fingers -
Good night’s sleep is target of researchersAuthors Morgan, John Source Cambridge News, 28 October 2008 Year 2008
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Subject Led by the Parkinson’s Disease Society, the LMB will help with research into sleep problems affecting those with Parkinson’s. Keywords Roger Barker; Kieran Breen; Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair; National Lottery; Oxford University; Papworth Hospital; Parkinson’s disease; Parkinson’s Disease Society (PDS); Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre; sleep disorders -
Jet lag cure may follow discovery of ‘cog’ in body clockAuthors Highfield, Roger Source Daily Telegraph, 16 May 2008, p.9 Year 2008
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Subject The discovery of a new ‘cog’ in the human body clock that governs sleep will enable significant advances in the treatment of jet lag and sleeping disorders Keywords c-AMP; Michael Hastings; Nicole Mathon; MRC Technology -
Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge to be rebuilt to look like a cellAuthors Highfield, Roger Source The Telegraph, 25 July 2008 Year 2008
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Subject The LMB is to undergo a £200 million refurbishment so it will end up looking like the innards of a cell Keywords Leszek Borysiewicz; Jason Chin; chromosomes; John Denham (Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills); LMB-2; monoclonal antibodies; Hugh Pelham; Max Perutz; Venki Ramakrishnan; Fred Sanger -
Laboratory of the futureAuthors Research Horizons Source Research Horizons, Issue 7, Autumn 2008, p.3 Year 2008
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Subject A new £197 million MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology is to be built on the expanding Cambridge Biomedical Campus Keywords Leszek Borysiewicz; Cambridge Biomedical Campus; LMB-2; Hugh Pelham; Wolfson Foundation -
Leap forward in structural biology will revolutionise drug makingAuthors MRC Source MRC News & Publications, 25 June 2008 Year 2008
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Subject A new method (developed at LMB) for determining the architecture of key drug targets that relay messages into our cells could revolutionise the way we make and test drugs. Keywords adrenergic receptors; drugs; G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs); Richard Henderson; Nature (journal); Gebhard Schertler; Chris Tate