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Chemistry World January 19, 2011 Jon Cartwright	Modified protein binders give shortcut to drugs The method, which involves attaching polypeptides to the binders, could help reduce the work required to develop protein binders into safer drugs.
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Bio-IT World September 11, 2003 Mark D. Uehling	Fishing Chips The next generation of protein microarrays from the likes of Protometrix and Molecular Staging may threaten the early leads of Biacore and Ciphergen -- and work so well that drug companies won't want them.
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Technology Research News June 18, 2003	Protein traps nanoparticles Researchers from the University of Tokyo in Japan have adapted a tubular bacterial protein for technological applications by coaxing it to combine with individual luminescent semiconductor nanoparticles.
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Technology Research News September 24, 2003 Kimberly Patch	Heated plastic holds proteins One important task for biochips is sorting proteins, but it's tricky business getting protein molecules to be where you want them and stay away from where you don't. A tiny, plastic-coated hot plate allows scientists to trap and release proteins on command.
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HHMI Bulletin Feb 2011	DNA Curtains How proteins behave in such a crash test gives scientists data about their structural integrity, how they attach to DNA, and how they behave in a cell.
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Chemistry World June 6, 2010 Philip Ball	Blood-like liquid protein formed A liquid form of the oxygen-binding protein myoglobin retains its biological function even though it seems virtually water-free, researchers have found.
Chemistry World February 24, 2012 Simon Hadlington	Botox 'bodyguard' gives protein protection Researchers have discovered how one of the most potent toxins known to man can survive in the human stomach and digestive tract.
Chemistry World January 21, 2011 David Barden	Close encounter makes modifying proteins easy Chemists in the US have now developed a powerful strategy for selectively modifying the side-chains of proteins, which they hope will enable the creation of new tools to investigate protein interactions involved in human diseases.
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Chemistry World August 26, 2008 Fred Campbell	High-throughput protein microarrays on the way A new method to rapidly generate protein microarrays has been developed by UK researchers at the University of Manchester.
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Chemistry World November 27, 2013 Jennifer Newton	A cytochrome from scratch Artificial proteins could be closer to participating in natural biochemical pathways after researchers show that bacteria will process amino acid sequences entirely unrelated to any natural protein to produce a fully functioning cytochrome.
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Chemistry World February 28, 2011 Hayley Birch	Protein nanotubes trap viruses Japanese researchers have used nanotubes made from human blood proteins to trap hepatitis B virus. They say their work lays the foundations for a new chemistry of protein-based nanotubes with biomedical applications.
Chemistry World September 25, 2009 Simon Hadlington	New MRI protein probe Researchers in Japan have invented a new way to detect the presence of proteins in cells and tissues by magnetic resonance imaging.
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