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Research Spotlight: New hope for a sleeping sickness cure
Decoding the genome of the Trypanosome parasite has led to new avenues of research for Larry Ruben, professor of biological sciences in SMU’s Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences. Ruben has spent...
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Calendar Highlights: Sept. 9, 2009
The joy of science: SMU professors from multiple schools and disciplines will participate in a faculty symposium on “The Year of Darwin” 9:30 a.m.-noon Sept. 12 in McCord Auditorium, 306 Dallas Hall....
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Research Spotlight: Supercomputing and the fight against cancer
Purple and blue helices, yellow ribbons and turquoise coils form the backbone skeletal structure of the human multi-drug resistance protein. A newly identified inhibitor binds to one of the pump’s two...
View ArticleResearch: Computer model of key protein helps predict how cancer drugs will work
Drugs important in the battle against cancer behaved according to predictions when tested in a computer-generated model of P-glycoprotein, one of the cell’s key molecular pumps. The new model allows...
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Research: Gamers join researchers in the fight against cancer
SMU researchers (l-r) John Wise, Pia Vogel and Corey Clark are tapping the power of an online gaming community to fight cancer. Photo: Hillsman S. Jackson The massive computational power of an online...
View ArticleTune In: Fighting cancer with Minecraft
What if you could help fight cancer by playing a video game? Thanks to a partnership between SMU Guildhall and a team of scientists from the SMU Department of Biological Sciences, you can. Gary...
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SMU Guildhall, Biological Sciences faculty to help launch disease-fighting...
What would be the impact if humans could harness the resources of massive online communities to fight disease? SMU faculty members have developed a technology that gives video gamers the power to...
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