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Sir Venki Ramakrishnan, President Elect of 探花直播Royal Society

Sir Venki Ramakrishnan confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society

19 Mar 2015

Nobel laureate Sir Venkatraman (Venki) Ramakrishnan has been confirmed as President Elect of the Royal Society.

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Transmission electron microscopy image showing a molecular chaperone (the black dots) binding to thread-like amyloid-beta (A尾42)

Molecular inhibitor breaks cycle that leads to Alzheimer鈥檚

16 Feb 2015

A molecular chaperone has been found to inhibit a key stage in the development of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease and break the toxic chain reaction that leads...

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Detail of an atomic force microscopy image which shows amyloid fibrils of alpha-synuclein grown out of synthetic lipid vesicles

Protein threshold linked to Parkinson鈥檚 Disease

02 Feb 2015

Excess quantities of a specific protein in the brain dramatically increase the chances of so-called 鈥渘ucleation events鈥 that could eventually result...

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Microstructures made from designer proteins

鈥楬airclip鈥 protein mechanism explained

18 Dec 2014

New study describes a fundamental mechanism regulating a protein鈥檚 shape and function, with potential applications in biotechnology and drug...

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B-lymphocyte cell

Neighbourhood watch: New technique helps identify proteins involved in immune response

23 May 2014

A new technique developed at the 探花直播 of Cambridge allows researchers to identify clusters of proteins on immune cells which are key to...

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Inside

New headway in battle against neurodegenerative diseases

15 May 2014

Conditions which may accelerate the spread of Parkinson鈥檚 disease, and a potential means of enhancing naturally-occurring defences against...

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Scientists wake up to causes of sleep disruption in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease

27 Feb 2014

New research using fruit flies with Alzheimer鈥檚 protein finds that the disease doesn鈥檛 stop the biological clock ticking, but detaches it from the...

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DNA code

Novel genetic mutations cause low metabolic rate and obesity

25 Oct 2013

Researchers believe the gene could be a useful therapeutic target for treating obesity and type 2 diabetes

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A group of gregarious-phase desert locusts in their final larval stage.

Why locusts swarm

20 Dec 2011

Protein associated with learning implicated in causing grasshoppers to swarm.

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Image of a cell with AP-5 showing in green, AP-1 and AP-2 in red.

Transporter 5: solving an ancient mystery of the cell

14 Nov 2011

探花直播discovery by scientists in Cambridge and Alberta of a fifth adaptor protein 鈥 a tiny and vital component of many cells 鈥搘ill lay the foundations...

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cell

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

26 Jul 2011

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

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Gel electrophoresis

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

01 May 2010

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

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