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Sticking a Pin in Cancer

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Structural Biology, Cancer, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

A new cellular mechanism for identifying unraveled proteins may serve as a target for cancer therapies

Chaperones Do the Two-Step

Chaperones Do the Two-Step

03.12.2020

Structural Biology, Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Understanding how certain proteins work as a team could shed new light on the way cells defend themselves against neurodegenerative disease

Folded, but Not Insolvent

Folded, but Not Insolvent

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Structural Biology, Biochemistry

Could protein segments be more “exposed” when they’re folded?

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A Decade of Advancing Women in Science

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Ten years on, an innovative postdoc program for women is proving its worth

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