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Tag: nobel prize

19 Oct (R)Evolution 2: A New Approach to Treating Diseases

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In my last blog post, I talked about Frances Arnold’s work on the directed evolution of enzymes, which won her half of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2018. The other half of the prize went to George Smith and Sir Gregory Winter for the ...

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  • curing diseases , directed evolution , DNA , genes , genetic modification , mutations , nobel prize , phage display , proteins , research , viruses

12 Oct (R)Evolution 1: Breeding Molecules

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“Some people breed cats and dogs. I breed molecules.” – Frances Arnold, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2018 Last week, it was announced that the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry had been awarded to three scientists: Frances Arnold, for the ...

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  • enzymes , evolution , mutations , natural selection , nobel prize , proteins , research

10 Nov The Rise of the Superbug

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This year, antibiotics were voted Britain’s greatest invention by the public in a TV collaboration between the BBC and the Science Museum. And it’s true: antibiotics really have changed the world. Antibiotic use has its downsides ...

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10 Oct A picture speaks a thousand words: Protein imaging, and why it is important

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Last week, the Nobel Prizes for 2017 were announced. The Chemistry Prize went to three scientists for what Scientific American termed “Capturing Proteins in Action”. But why is this important? Especially for the Chemistry Prize? ...

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