The molecular biologist Michael Neuberger’s research into antibodies did much to increase our understanding of how the body defends itself against microbes – single-cell organisms including viruses and bacteria. More…
LMB In The News
Sniffing Pheromones
Smell is important to allow us to taste our food, and can even trigger memories. But in some animals, special molecules called pheromones can also trigger certain types of behaviour, such as mating. Kate Lamble spoke to Greg Jefferis from the MRC LMB who investigates the pathways between smell and behaviour in the fruit fly. […]
Tribute to Fred Sanger, including interview with John Walker
The BBC looks at the life and work of Fred Sanger, including an interview with former LMB colleague, John Walker More…
Frederick Sanger: Nobel prizewinning biochemist whose insulin and DNA work transformed genetics
The biochemist, Fred Sanger, a former Head of the LMB’s PNAC Division, has died aged 95. He had the rare distinction of winning the Nobel Prize twice, in 1958 and 1960. More…
Cambridge blockbusters and 100 Years of the MRC
Exactly one hundred years ago, the UK government of the day established an organisation to take care of medical research on behalf of the 1911 National Insurance Act. This article is no longer available from the source website: Cabume 13 November 2013
Did life have very cold beginnings?
An idea that combines two likely ingredients of genesis has been put forward by Philip Holliger from the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology. One ingredient is the idea that there was an ‘RNA world’ before the current DNA world. The other comes from the idea that a key factor in evolution was the emergence of […]