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2020 at a glance

17 Dec 2020

Four-stranded DNA structures found to play role in breast cancer

3 Aug 2020

Formation of quadruple helix DNA tracked in live human cells for the first time

22 Jul 2020

Our year at a glance

17 Dec 2018

Shankar Balasubramanian awarded the Royal Medal 2018

17 Jul 2018

Professor Balasubramanian knighted

3 Jan 2017

Quadruple helix form of DNA may aid in the development of targeted cancer therapies

14 Sep 2016

Expanding the DNA alphabet: ‘extra’ DNA base found to be stable in mammals

23 Jun 2015

Drugging the undruggable: discovery opens up possibility of slowing cancer spread

12 Nov 2014

Four-stranded ‘quadruple helix’ DNA structure proven to exist in human cells

31 Jan 2013

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