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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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Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan explores whether we can slow ageing
Authors Alex Spencer Source Cambridge Independent 16th October 2024 Year 2024

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Subject Venki has published a book on why we die; he explains why we age and how we can prevent it Keywords Venki Ramakrishnan ; Ageing; DNA; Immunosuppresants
Potential Trojan horse therapy developed against Alzheimer’s
Authors Paul Brackley Source 18th September 2024 Cambridge Independent Year 2024

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Subject Two potential therapies are able to destroy the tau aggregates that are linked to disease, whilst leaving healthy tau proteins in the brain intact- and have been shown to improve symptoms of neurodegeneration in mice. Keywords Tau; Dementia; Alzhiemers; Tangles; neurodegeneration
Science reprogram microbes in quest to create new materials
Authors Micael Peel & Clive Cookson Source Financial Times 11th January 2024 Year 2024

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Subject Scientists have broken an ‘evolutionary deadlock’ by genetically engineering microbes with the potential to develop a vast range of new projects from drugs to detergents and household plastics. Keywords Synthetic Biology; Jason Chin; Amino Acids; Genetic Code
TB research earns Robert Koch Prize
Authors Paul Brackley Source 20th November 2024 Cambridge Independent Year 2024

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Subject Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan has become the 4th woman in history to receive on her own the coveted Robert Koch Prize which was awarded in Berlin. Keywords Lalita Ramakrishnan; TB; Berlin; Zebrafish lavea;
‘We could live past 120’; the scientist discovering why we die
Authors Ben Spencer Source 25th March 2024 The Times Magazine Year 2024

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Subject Venki, Cambridges Nobel prize winning molecular biologist ponders life’s most profound question Keywords Venki Ramakrishnan Altos Labs; Nobel prizes
£6m electron microscope at MRC Laboratory of molecular Biology in Cambridge among governments £103m world Class Labs investment
Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge independent 19 May 2023 Year 2023

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Subject Cryro electron Microscope that enables proteins to be seen in atomic detail has been installed as part of £103m government investment Keywords Cryo-electron microscope Jan Lowe Secretary of State Chloe Smith
Alzheimers’s award for LMB scientist
Authors Cambridge Independent Source Cambridge independent 22 February 2023 Year 2023

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Subject Benjamin won Alzheimer’s award in 2022 for outstanding research in neurodegenerative diseases Keywords Benjamin Ryskeldi-Falcon Alzheimer’s Neurodegenerative Award
Bicycle therapeutics and Novarts in $1.7bn cancer remedies goal
Authors Mike Scialom Source Cambridge Independent 5 April 2023 Year 2023

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Subject Bicycle Therapeutics collaboration with Novartis to discover and develop multiple targeted radiogand therapies in oncology Keywords Bicycle Therapeutics Novartis Oncology Greg winter Christian Heinis
Big wins for microscopic entries in LMB’s school competition.
Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent July 26th 2023 Year 2023

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Subject More than 600 pupils from 18 schools took part in the 2023 Microscopes for Schools Competition, organised by the LMB. The competition is designed to encourage scientific curiosity. Keywords Microscopes4Schools; Shraddha Nayak; Madeline Lancaster; Brad Amos Hartford Junior; Highfield Littleport Academy; The Round House Academy
Brown fat breakthrough could aid obesity and diabetes
Authors Paul Brackley Source Cambridge Independent 7 June 2023 Year 2023

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Subject Significant breakthrough made in search for treatments for obesity and diabetes. Keywords Paul Brackley Brown fat Diabetes Edmund Kunji