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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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New treatment for multiple sclerosis: Cambridge University translates research at the bench into a drug at the bedsideAuthors University of Cambridge Source University of Cambridge 15 November 2011 Year 2011
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Subject Three decades of research in Cambridge, including pioneering work at LMB, has resulted in the exciting prospect of a new transformational treatment for MS Keywords Multiple sclerosis; Cesar Milstein; George Kohler; monoclonal antibody; Herman Waldmann; Geoff Hale; Mike Clark; University of Cambridge; Greg Winter; Lutz Riechmann; Campath-1H; alemtuzumab; Professor Alastair Compston; Dr Alasdair Coles; Genzyme; CARE-MS1; CARE-MS2; -
Profile of Venkatraman RamakrishnanAuthors Nair, Prashant Source PNAS 21 September 2011 Year 2011
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Subject A profile of Venki Ramakrishnan's journey to uncover the structure of the ribosome, which led to a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry Keywords Venki Ramakrishnan; Chidambaram; Chennai; Vadodara’s Maharaja Sayajirao University; Ohio University; Tomoyasu Tanaka; 30S; Sydney Brenner; University of California; Peter Moore; Don Engelman; Brookhaven National Laboratory; University of Utah; Richard Henderson; Ada Yonath; Thermus thermophilus; Wes Sunquist; Thomas Steitz; 50S; 70S; Rib X; H5; -
Scientists ‘give botox a facelift’ to improve use for Parkinson’sAuthors Science2Day Source Science2Day 5 January 2011 Year 2011
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Subject Researchers have a method of refining Botox that will enable it to be improved to use in treatment for diseases such as Parkinson’s, cerebral palsy and chronic migraine. Keywords Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin type A (Botox); Parkinson’s; cerebral palsy; chronic migraine; Bazbek Davletov -
Sean Munro: Revealing the Golgi’s true identityAuthors Short, Ben Source JCB 10 January 2011 Year 2011
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Subject Interview with Sean Munro about his work and his targets for the future. Keywords Sean Munro; Golgi; Hugh Pelham; TMDs; golgins; epitope tagging; heat-shock proteins; microdomains; lipid rafts; transmembrane domin (TMD); Tom Maniatis -
Spin-Offs: Meet The Structure SpecilistsAuthors Drahl, Carmen Source Chemical & Engineering News 14 March 2011 Year 2011
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Subject Heptares Therapeutics helps push GPCR drug discovery forward Keywords Brian K. Kobilka; Raymond C. Stevens; Christopher G. Tate; ConfometRx; GPCR; Scripps Research Institute; Stanford; Michael A. Hanson; T4 Lysozyme; Bristol-Myers Squibb; Heptares Therapeutics; Receptos; Eli Lilly & Co; Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals; Richard Henderson; StarRs; Fiona H. Marshall; Andrew Tebben; Novartis -
Taking on mother of all marathonsAuthors Rachel Allen Source Cambridge News 9th November 2011 Year 2011
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Subject LMB Scientist runs marathon in Athens for Alzheimer’s research UK Keywords Philippa Smith; Athens marathon; Alzheimer’s research UK; -
Taking on the mother of all marathons.Authors Cambridge News Source Cambridge News 15 November 2011 Year 2011
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Subject Philippa Smith takes part in the Athens Classic Marathon in aid of Alzheimer’s Research UK. Keywords Philippa Smith; Athens Classic Marathon; Mark Johnson; Alzheimer’s Research UK; Pheidippides; Miranda Mays -
Thomas Authur Steitz Lunchtime ScienceAuthors Nature Source Nature Year 2011
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Subject An Interview with Thomas, a biophysicist from Yale University who spent some time at the LMB shares the 2009 Nobel prize in Chemistry for the knowledge of the structure and function of the ribosome Keywords Yale University; Nobel prize; Ribosome; HIV DNA polymerase; Antibacterials -
What damage does alcohol do to our bodies?Authors Roxby, Philippa Source BBC News 2 October 2011 Year 2011
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Subject Study into the toxic effects of alcohol on mice, and the damage this can do to foetal DNA, is included in an article about the health effects of alcohol on humans. Keywords Alcohol; mental health; impair memory skills; reduce fertility; high blood pressure; alcoholic cardiomyopathy; congestive heart failure; stroke; toxic; Cancer Research UK; acetaldehyde; Dr KJ Patel; foetal alcohol syndrome; Dr Nick Sheron; alcoholic liver disease; Alcohol concern; Paul Wallace; Katherine Brown; -
1st patient treated with BAN2401Authors LifeArc Source LifeArc 6 September 2010 Year 2010
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Subject First Alzheimer’s patient treated with BAN2401, a novel antibody targeting the neurotoxin believed to cause Alzheimer’s disease. Keywords BAN2401: Alzheimer’s disease; Tarran Jones; BioArctic Neuroscience AB (Stockholm); Eisai Co. Ltd.; Greg Winter; MRC Technology; Therapeutic Antibody Group (TAG); CDR-grafting; Elan/biogen Idec’s Tysabri; Chungai/Roche’s Actemra; Lars Lannfelt;