LMB In The News

“The RNA world hypothesis also got a boost this year with work from Philipp Holliger’s team at the Medical Research Laboratory in Cambridge, UK. The hypothesis, first suggested by Francis Crick in 1968, suggests that life on Earth began with a self-replicating RNA molecule but has remained unproved. Holliger went back…” More…

“BBC science review article looks at recent developments in cold and flu virus research, quoting LMB’s Leo James.” More…

“Are the days of incurable diseases really over? Not quite, when diseases such as tuberculosis are seeing a resurgence, said biologist Ramakrishnan, Joint Head of the Structural Studies Division at the Medical Research Council, Cambridge. He was delivering a lecture on ‘How antibiotics illuminate Ribosome function and vice versa.’” This article is only available in full to subscribers: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national//article59961789.ece 

“The Queen has approved that Sir Gregory Winter CBE FRS be appointed Master of Trinity College, Cambridge University, in succession to Lord Rees of Ludlow who retires on 30 June 2012.” More…

“Scientists have found the ‘key’ that HIV uses to enter our cells’ nuclei, allowing it to disable the immune system and cause AIDS. The finding, published today in the open access journal PLoS Pathogens, provides a potential new target for anti-AIDS drugs that could be more effective against drug-resistant strains of the virus. […] Now, a team of scientists from UCL (University College London), the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, has identified a vital component of this mechanism.” More…

“The Babraham Institute has received the funds from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council. The project will study how changes to lymphocyte, a white blood cell, contribute to weakening immune systems. The institute will carry out the research over five years with partners from Cambridge University and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.” More…