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News | 2021.02.15
Discovery of messenger RNA in 1961
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, words that just a year ago would have been the preserve of scientists have entered everyday language. One example is PCR, used for diagnostic tests. Another term that was once unfamiliar and is now on everyone's lips is messenger RNA, the miraculous molecule that has led to vaccines being administered to the general population less than a year after...
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News | 2025.10.15
Allostery: a revolution in molecular biology, in 1965
In 1965, the discovery of a mechanism known as allostery revolutionized our understanding of regulation in molecular biology. Sixty years on, we look back at a scientific and human journey that ushered in a new era of biochemistry and inspired huge swathes of research being conducted today.