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Frederick Sanger: Nobel prizewinning biochemist whose insulin and DNA work transformed genetics

Frederick Sanger: Nobel prizewinning biochemist whose insulin and DNA work transformed genetics

Published on 21 November, 2013

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…

Fred Sanger (1918 – 2013)

Published on 20 November, 2013

Fred Sanger, double Nobel Laureate and founding member of the LMB in 1962, died on Tuesday 19 November, at the age of 95.  He was an extremely modest and self-effacing man whose contributions have made an extraordinary impact on molecular biology. Fred was born on August 13, 1918 in Rendcombe in Gloucestershire.  His father was […]

Exploiting the power of evolution to create designer proteins

Published on 15 November, 2013

Research led by Professor Nick Brindle at the University of Leicester and Julian Sale from the LMB’s PNAC Division has resulted in the production of a molecule that has great therapeutic potential in the treatment of inflammatory conditions. Much of the work took place while Nick was on sabbatical at the LMB and involved additional […]

Cambridge blockbusters and 100 Years of the MRC

Published on 14 November, 2013

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?

Published on 12 November, 2013

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 […]

Jason Chin inducted into the European Inventor Hall of Fame

Published on 6 November, 2013

Jason Chin, from the LMB’s Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Division, has been inducted into the European Inventor Hall of Fame, at a ceremony in Munich on 17 October 2013. The European Inventor Hall of Fame is a travelling exhibition that honours outstanding innovation and creativity, and has been commissioned by the European Patent Office […]

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