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Tag: research

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

17 Nov The Fall of the Superbug?

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Inspired by my trip to the Superbugs exhibition at London’s Science Museum, last week I wrote about the Rise of the Superbug and how they came to be. Obviously we want to do our best to prevent any more developing, but that still ...

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  • antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , AQA GCSE Biology 1.1 , AQA GCSE Biology 3.1 , AQA GCSE Biology 6.2 , AQA GCSE Biology 6.3 , AQA GCSE Working Scientifically 1.3 , AQA GCSE Working Scientifically 1.4 , AQA GCSE Working Scientifically 1.5 , bacteria , ethics , etymology , infections , mutations , proteins , research , superbugs , thinking outside the box , viruses

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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  • AQA GCSE Biology 1.1 , AQA GCSE Biology 2.2 , AQA GCSE Biology 3.1 , AQA GCSE Biology 6.1 , AQA GCSE Chemistry 7.3 , imaging , microscopy , NMR , nobel prize , proteins , research
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