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cell

Research sheds light on cell mechanism which plays a role in such diseases as Huntington’s and Parkinson’s

26 Jul 2011

New research from scientists at the University of Cambridge provides critical insight into the formation of autophagosomes, which are responsible for...

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Jane Clarke

From teacher to molecular biophysicist

01 Nov 2010

Professor Jane Clarke’s laboratory was one of the first in the world to combine atomic force microscopy with protein engineering to ‘visualise’ the...

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Gel electrophoresis

Location, location, location: finding out where proteins live and with whom

01 May 2010

The Cambridge Centre for Proteomics is internationally recognised for pioneering technology that helps us to understand what proteins do inside cells...

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Venki Ramakrishnan

Trinity College Fellow wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

07 Oct 2009

A Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

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A Wright's stained bone marrow aspirate smear of patient with precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

New route to Leukaemia uncovered

28 Sep 2009

Scientists have discovered a completely new route by which leukaemia develops, according to research published in Nature this weekend.

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Structure of Ral (pink) binding to RLIP(grey) solved by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Hunting for hotspots in protein interactions

01 May 2008

Two biochemists have recently won an MRC grant to investigate potential targets in the treatment of cancer.

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