4-stranded DNA helix points to possible new cancer treatments
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Researchers in the Balasubramanian Group have identified the role that a four-stranded version of DNA may play in the progression of cancer, and suggest that it may be used to develop new targeted cancer therapies.
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The Department of Chemistry's Open Day for prospective graduate student applicants will be held Friday 21 October. The deadline for graduate applications is 15 November.
Researchers discover that tiny protein mutations can have ‘dramatic impact’ on Parkinson’s disease
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Researchers in the department have discovered that specific mutations in the protein associated with Parkinson’s disease can make a dramatic difference to how the protein aggregates and therefore might alter how the condition develops.
Gene signature vulnerable to Alzheimer's identified
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Researchers in the Department of Chemistry have identified a gene signature in healthy brains that echoes the pattern in which Alzheimer's disease spreads through the brain much later in life.
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Applications are now open for the Blavatnik Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, which enables Israeli scientists of outstanding ability to pursue research in Cambridge, including the Department of Chemistry.
