Uw Protein Research Aims to Build Tougher Drugs
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › June 30, 2008
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University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have built super- proteins with stronger backbones, an act of chemical chiropractic that could pave the way for more resilient drugs.
Reporting in the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UW-Madison chemist Samuel Gellman and his colleagues announced a new technique for manipulating proteins - - the workhorses of our cells -- to make them sturdier and more resistant to breaking down.See the full content of this document
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Uw Protein Research Aims to Build Tougher Drugs
"If you could make backbones that are different from natural ones and make them fold properly, they might not be broken down by the body," said Peter Wolynes, a theoretical chemist at the ...
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