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Breaking the ice: how integrating cryogenic Electron Microscopy can overcome historical scientific isolation and enable local pharmaceutical and vaccine Development in South Africa.
With the award of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to three pioneers in cryogenic electron microscopy, the world was awakened to the cutting-edge technology of 'cryo-EM'.
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Structural basis of streptomycin off-target binding to human mitoribosome
Yuzuru Itoh, Aas Khawaja, Vivek Sight, Andreas Naschberger, Joanna Rorbach, Alexey Amunts. 2023. Structural basis of streptomycin off-target...
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Alternative targets for Antibiotics, fighting infection with higher specificity
Antibiotic resistant is a global problem that will only increase over time and is further highly relevant for the tuberculosis patients of South Africa.
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Combining MD Simulations and NMR Spectroscopy for Molecular Insight and Methodological Synergy: The Integrated MD-NMR Method
Mocci, Francesca, and Aatto Laaksonen. 2015. Combining MD Simulations and NMR Spectroscopy for Molecular Insight and Methodological Synergy:...
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Complexity and emergent properties in the spider’s webs and silks
Spider webs are superb examples of functional structures that emerge as the animal builds her web.
