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The LMB Archive collates scanned/digitised newspaper, magazine and web articles that relate to the activities of the LMB. This database lists the articles that have been catalogued so far.

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The power behind the cell
Authors Walker, John Source MRC News 64:10-13, Autumn 1994 Year 1994

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Subject After a decade of research the structure of F1-ATPase, the key enzyme involved in cellular energy production, is published Keywords Jan Pieter Abrahams; Paul Boyer (UCLA); Richard Henderson; Andrew Leslie; Rene Lutter; Peter Mitchell (Glynn Labs); Max Perutz; Efraim Racker (PHL, New York); George Radda (Oxford); Fred Sanger; Nigel Unwin; John Walker
The Quiet Genius Who Decoded Life
Authors Jones, Glyn and Douglas, Kate Source New Scientist 8 October 1994 Year 1994

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Subject The techniques used to unravel the human genome were pioneered by Frederick Sanger decades ago Keywords Fred Sanger; Quaker; Order of Merit; Sanger Centre; human genome; Phi X 174; insulin; sequencing; Albert Neuberger; amino acids
Think global – and take failure in your stride
Authors MRC News Source MRC News, No.62: 6, Spring 1994 Year 1994

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Subject UK biotechnology companies must think internationally from the start if they are to succeed in the global marketplace, says Alan Munro, founder and scientific director of Cantab Pharmaceuticals Keywords Cantab Pharmaceuticals; Alan Munro
Three-dimensional imaging of molecular architecture. Solving protein structure
Authors Blow, David Source Helix (Amgen’s Magazine of Biotechnology), volume III, issue 1, 1994, pp.23-29 Year 1994

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Subject David Blow examines the prospects and current limitations of molecular imaging Keywords David Blow; Lawrence Bragg; Friedrich; Electron Microscopy; Knipping; Max Perutz; Michael Rossmann; Arthur Sommerfeld; Max von Laue; X-ray diffraction
Turning research into health care
Authors MRC News Source MRC News, No. 62: 2, Spring 1994 Year 1994

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Subject If you want to influence how your research is exploited, you could do worse than set up your own company, says Greg Winter of Cambridge Antibody Technology Keywords Cambridge Antibody Technology (CAT); Celltech; MRC; Anthony Nixon (CAT); Peptide Technology; Wellcome; Greg Winter
When to speak
Authors Perutz, Max Source Nature, 10 February 1994, p.504 Year 1994

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Subject Jean-Pierre Allain and speaking out about dangerous policies Keywords Jean-Pierre Allain; Michael Garretta; Helen Lee; Max Perutz
Virus boost in herpes fight
Authors Cambridge Evening News Source Cambridge Evening News [n.d.] Year Unknown

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Subject New virus technology developed by Cantab Pharmaceuticals Keywords Cantab Pharmaceuticals; Alan Munro
£12m boost as university tops medical grant table
Authors Cambridge Evening News Source Cambridge Evening News. 21 September 1993 Year 1993

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Subject Cambridge University has been awarded a record grant of £12 million by the Medical Research Council for projects in the coming year Keywords David Livesey
A fake, but a real life-saver
Authors Dyer, Owen Source The Independent, 18 October 1993, p.21 Year 1993

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Subject Development of artifical blood Keywords DNX (USA); Hemosol (Canada); Kiyoshi Nagai; Michael Smith (Canada); Somatogen (USA)
A voyage of genetic discovery
Authors Rigby, Peter Source MRC News 59: 20-22, Summer 1993 Year 1993

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Subject How was modern molecular biology born 40 years ago? And what treasures have been unearthed since? Keywords Oswald Avery (Rockefeller Institute); Sir Lawrence Bragg; Sir William Bragg; Erwin Chargaff (Columbia University); Martha Chase (CSHL); Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin (King's College, London); Peter Goodfellow (ICRF); Raymond Gosling (King's College, London); Alfred Hershey (CSHL); Robin Lovell-Badge (NIMR); Salvador Luria (University of Indiana); Rob Krumlauf; Maclyn McCarty (Rockefeller Institute); Colin McLeod (Rockefeller Institute); Peter Rigby; Jim Smith (MRC NIMR); Alexander Stokes (King's College, London); James Watson; Maurice Wilkins (King's College, London); Herbert Wilson (King's College, London)