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A Nobel Fellow on Every Floor

Author : John Finch
Publisher : Icon Books
ISBN 13 : 1848316704
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book A Nobel Fellow on Every Floor written by John Finch and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2024-06-07 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cambridge in the 1950s, several research groups funded by the Medical Research Council were producing exciting results. In the Biochemistry Department, Sanger determined the amino acid sequence of insulin, and was awarded a Nobel Prize for this in 1958. At the Cavendish Laboratory, in the MRC Unit for the Study of the Molecular Structure of Biological Systems, Watson and Crick solved the structure of DNA, and Perutz and Kendrew produced the first three-dimensional maps of protein structures – haemoglobin and myoglobin – for which all four were later awarded Nobel Prizes. This made it timely to create, in 1962, a new Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge by amalgamating these groups with other MRC-funded groups from London. The Laboratory has become one of the most successful in its field, and the number of Nobel Prizes awarded over the years to scientists at LMB has risen to thirteen. This book follows the development of LMB, through the people who moved into the new Laboratory and their research. It describes events and personalities that have given the Laboratory a friendly, family atmosphere, while continuing to be scientifically productive.

Focus On: 100 Most Popular Former Roman Catholics

Author : Wikipedia contributors
Publisher : e-artnow sro
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1617 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Focus On: 100 Most Popular Former Roman Catholics written by Wikipedia contributors and published by e-artnow sro. This book was released on with total page 1617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Lock and Key of Medicine

Author : Lara V. Marks
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300213522
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Lock and Key of Medicine written by Lara V. Marks and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to tell the extraordinary yet unheralded history of monoclonal antibodies. Often referred to as Mabs, they are unfamiliar to most nonscientists, yet these microscopic protein molecules are everywhere, quietly shaping our lives and healthcare. Discovered in the mid-1970s in the laboratory where Watson and Crick had earlier unveiled the structure of DNA, Mabs have radically changed understandings of the pathways of disease. They have enabled faster, cheaper, and more accurate clinical diagnostic testing on a vast scale. And they have played a fundamental role in pharmaceutical innovation, leading to such developments as recombinant interferon and insulin, and personalized drug therapies such as Herceptin. Today Mabs constitute six of the world’s top ten blockbuster drugs and make up a third of new introduced treatments. Lara V. Marks recounts the risks and opposition that a daring handful of individuals faced while discovering and developing Mabs, and she addresses the related scientific, medical, technological, business, and social challenges that arose. She offers a saga of entrepreneurs whose persistence and creativity ultimately changed the healthcare landscape and brought untold relief to millions of patients. Even so, as Marks shows, controversies over Mabs remain, and she examines current debates over the costs and effectiveness of these innovative drugs.

Writing about Lives in Science

Author : Paola Govoni
Publisher : V&R Unipress
ISBN 13 : 3847002635
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Writing about Lives in Science written by Paola Govoni and published by V&R Unipress. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following discussions on scientific biography carried out over the past few decades, this book proposes a kaleidoscopic survey of the uses of biography as a tool to understand science and its context. It offers food for thought on the role played by the gender of the biographer and the biographee in the process of writing. To provide orientation in such a challenging field, some of the authors have accepted to write about their own professional experience while reflecting on the case studies they have been working on. Focusing on (auto)biography may help us to build bridges between different approaches to men and women's lives in science. The authors belong to a variety of academic and professional fields, including the history of science, anthropology, literary studies, and science journalism. The period covered spans from 1732, when Laura Bassi was the first woman to get a tenured professorship of physics, to 2009, when Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider were the first women's team to have won a Nobel Prize in science.

A Place in History

Author : Paul M. Wassarman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197523226
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (975 download)

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Download or read book A Place in History written by Paul M. Wassarman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-31 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John C. Kendrew (1917-1997) was a pioneer in structural biology and a catalyst for the emergence of molecular biology in the second half of the twentieth century. He was the first person to determine the three-dimensional structure of a protein at atomic resolution and, for this, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1962. Kendrew ultimately became an international organizer, administrator, and advocate for science, and his expansive legacy lives on today. In this book, Paul M. Wassarman, a postdoctoral fellow with Kendrew in the late 1960s, delves into Kendrew's personal and scientific life to uncover the background, traits, and experiences of the man responsible for so many achievements within science and beyond. Wassarman shares previously unpublished stories of Kendrew, including his vital role in the rise of molecular biology at three world-famous scientific institutions: the Cavendish Laboratory, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, and European Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Kendrew was an unwavering advocate for British and European science and one of the most gifted, influential, and accomplished figures in twentieth century science. A Place in History is a groundbreaking account of Kendrew's life that is perfect for anyone interested in learning about the person behind the many achievements.

Aaron Klug - A Long Way from Durban

Author : Kenneth C. Holmes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107147379
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Aaron Klug - A Long Way from Durban written by Kenneth C. Holmes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and work of Aaron Klug, Nobel prize winner and one of the pioneers of structural molecular biology.

Unravelling the Double Helix

Author : Gareth Williams
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1474609384
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (746 download)

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Download or read book Unravelling the Double Helix written by Gareth Williams and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DNA. The double helix; the blueprint of life; and, during the early 1950s, a baffling enigma that could win a Nobel Prize. Everyone knows that James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the double helix. In fact, they clicked into place the last piece of a huge jigsaw puzzle that other researchers had assembled over decades. Researchers like Maurice Wilkins (the 'Third Man of DNA') and Rosalind Franklin, famously demonised by Watson. Not forgetting the 'lost heroes' who fought to prove that DNA is the stuff of genes, only to be airbrushed out of history. In Unravelling the Double Helix, Professor Gareth Williams sets the record straight. He tells the story of DNA in the round, from its discovery in pus-soaked bandages in 1868 to the aftermath of Watson's best-seller The Double Helix a century later. You don't need to be a scientist to enjoy this book. It's a page-turner that unfolds like a detective story, with suspense, false leads and treachery, and a fabulous cast of noble heroes and back-stabbing villains. But beware: some of the science is dreadful, and the heroes and villains may not be the ones you expect.

Membranes to Molecular Machines

Author : Mathias Grote
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022662529X
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Membranes to Molecular Machines written by Mathias Grote and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2019-07-19 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's science tells us that our bodies are filled with molecular machinery that orchestrates all sorts of life processes. When we think, microscopic "channels" open and close in our brain cell membranes; when we run, tiny "motors" spin in our muscle cell membranes; and when we see, light operates "molecular switches" in our eyes and nerves. A molecular-mechanical vision of life has become commonplace in both the halls of philosophy and the offices of drug companies, where researchers are developing “proton pump inhibitors” or medicines similar to Prozac. Membranes to Molecular Machines explores just how late twentieth-century science came to think of our cells and bodies this way. This story is told through the lens of membrane research, an unwritten history at the crossroads of molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, and the neurosciences, that directly feeds into today's synthetic biology as well as nano- and biotechnology. Mathias Grote shows how these sciences not only have made us think differently about life, they have, by reworking what membranes and proteins represent in laboratories, allowed us to manipulate life as "active matter" in new ways. Covering the science of biological membranes in the United States and Europe from the mid-1960s to the 1990s, this book connects that history to contemporary work with optogenetics, a method for stimulating individual neurons using light, and will enlighten and provoke anyone interested in the intersection of chemical research and the life sciences—from practitioner to historian to philosopher. The research described in the book and its central actor, Dieter Oesterhelt, were honored with the 2021 Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award for his contribution to the development of optogenetics.

Opening Doors: Joan Steitz and Jennifer Doudna of the RNA World

Author : Laura L Mays Hoopes
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359485200
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (594 download)

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Download or read book Opening Doors: Joan Steitz and Jennifer Doudna of the RNA World written by Laura L Mays Hoopes and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dual biography of Joan Steitz and Jennifer Doudna, two women who combined successful home lives with successful careers in science.

Heredity under the Microscope

Author : Soraya de Chadarevian
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022668525X
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Heredity under the Microscope written by Soraya de Chadarevian and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By focusing on chromosomes, Heredity under the Microscope offers a new history of postwar human genetics. Today chromosomes are understood as macromolecular assemblies and are analyzed with a variety of molecular techniques. Yet for much of the twentieth century, researchers studied chromosomes by looking through a microscope. Unlike any other technique, chromosome analysis offered a direct glimpse of the complete human genome, opening up seemingly endless possibilities for observation and intervention. Critics, however, countered that visual evidence was not enough and pointed to the need to understand the molecular mechanisms. Telling this history in full for the first time, Soraya de Chadarevian argues that the often bewildering variety of observations made under the microscope were central to the study of human genetics. Making space for microscope-based practices alongside molecular approaches, de Chadarevian analyzes the close connections between genetics and an array of scientific, medical, ethical, legal, and policy concerns in the atomic age. By exploring the visual evidence provided by chromosome research in the context of postwar biology and medicine, Heredity under the Microscope sheds new light on the cultural history of the human genome.

The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix

Author : James D. Watson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476715513
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Annotated and Illustrated Double Helix written by James D. Watson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the fiftieth anniversary of Watson and Crick receiving the Nobel Prize, a freshly annotated and illustrated edition of The Double Helix provides new insights into a scientific revolution. Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Nobel Prize for Watson and Crick’s discovery of the structure of DNA, an annotated and illustrated edition of this classic book gives new insights into the personal relationships between James Watson, Frances Crick, Maurice Wilkins, and Rosalind Franklin, and the making of a scientific revolution.

X-Ray Microscopy

Author : Chris Jacobsen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107076579
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book X-Ray Microscopy written by Chris Jacobsen and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete introduction to x-ray microscopy, covering optics, 3D and chemical imaging, lensless imaging, radiation damage, and applications.

It's in Your DNA

Author : Eugene Rosenberg
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128125683
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book It's in Your DNA written by Eugene Rosenberg and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's in Your DNA: From Discovery to Structure, Function and Role in Evolution, Cancer and Aging describes, in a clear, approachable manner, the progression of the experiments that eventually led to our current understanding of DNA. This fascinating work tells the whole story from the discovery of DNA and its structure, how it replicates, codes for proteins, and our current ability to analyze and manipulate it in genetic engineering to begin to understand the central role of DNA in evolution, cancer, and aging. While telling the scientific story of DNA, this captivating treatise is further enhanced by brief sketches of the colorful lives and personalities of the key scientists and pioneers of DNA research. Major discoveries by Meischer, Darwin, and Mendel and their impacts are discussed, including the merging of the disciplines of genetics, evolutionary biology, and nucleic acid biochemistry, giving rise to molecular genetics. After tracing development of the gene concept, critical experiments are described and a new biological paradigm, the hologenome concept of evolution, is introduced and described. The final two chapters of the work focus on DNA as it relates to cancer and gerontology. This book provides readers with much-needed knowledge to help advance their understanding of the subject and stimulate further research. It will appeal to researchers, students, and others with diverse backgrounds within or beyond the life sciences, including those in biochemistry, genetics/molecular genetics, evolutionary biology, epidemiology, oncology, gerontology, cell biology, microbiology, and anyone interested in these mechanisms in life. - Highlights the importance of DNA research to science and medicine - Explains in a simple but scientifically correct manner the key experiments and concepts that led to the current knowledge of what DNA is, how it works, and the increasing impact it has on our lives - Emphasizes the observations and reasoning behind each novel idea and the critical experiments that were performed to test them

Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society

Author : Royal Society (Great Britain)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society written by Royal Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

What a Time I Am Having

Author : Max F. Perutz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book What a Time I Am Having written by Max F. Perutz and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by his daughter Vivien, these letters chronicle Perutz's life through his own vivid, erudite, and humorous pen. With a spontaneity and directness no autobiography can match, this volume captures the hopes, roadblocks, and moments of elation throughout his 60-year quest to understand the molecular biology of hemoglobin.

Nobel Prizes And Notable Discoveries

Author : Erling Norrby
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9813144661
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Nobel Prizes And Notable Discoveries written by Erling Norrby and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book discusses the prizes in physiology or medicine 1963-65. The 1963 prize recognized milestone discoveries in the field of neurosciences, the way electrical impulses are generated and spread in nerves. The impressive developments of insights into tantalizing brain functions, like consciousness and memory, is discussed in the perspective of prizes both before and after the 1963 prize. The prize in 1964 marked the advanced biochemical venture that led to a full understanding of the synthesis of cholesterol, a central molecule for providing flexibility of the membranes of the trillions of cell in our body. The importance of this molecule for the appearance of cardiovascular diseases and the possibilities to prevent them is presented in the light of other prizes earlier and later in this field. The 1965 prize recognized three impressive French intellectuals, Lwoff, Monod and Jacob. Their contributions allowed the full maturation of the initial phase of the emerging field of molecular biology. The comprehension of the information flow from DNA via RNA to proteins was the source of a revolution of life sciences and of medicine.

Francis Crick

Author : Robert Cecil Olby
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Francis Crick written by Robert Cecil Olby and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This engrossing biography by one of molecular biology's foremost scholars reveals the remarkable evolution of Francis Crick's scientific career and insights into his personal life, from his early studies in biophysics, to the discovery of the structure of DNA, to his later work in neuroscience and the nature of consciousness.