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Chemistry World April 21, 2010 Simon Hadlington	Methane oxidising enzyme mystery solved The finding could lead to a cost-effective and environmentally clean method of methanol production for fuel and feedstock.
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Chemistry World February 2012	Column: The crucible To understand the chemical choreography of the cell, we must acknowledge the bustling biomolecular ballroom in which it takes place, says Philip Ball
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Chemistry World July 30, 2008 Sarah Houlton	A metal trap to stop Alzheimer's Trapping metals could prove a key to curing Alzheimer's disease, according to the promising results of early clinical trials on a compound called PBT2.
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Chemistry World November 2006 Philip Ball	Opinion: The Crucible Here are some of the latest instalments in the ongoing story of how protein misfolding causes neurodegenerative diseases -- a story that is not solely about developing clinical treatments or preventative medicines, but which goes to the heart of proteins' role as the stuff of life.
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Chemistry World December 12, 2006 Michael Gross	Ancient Protein Moonlights in the Eye A structural protein in the mouse eye lens is the evolutionary descendant of an ancient bacterial enzyme, researchers have found -- suggesting that moonlighting saved the protein from oblivion when its original role was taken over by a different family of enzymes.
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Chemistry World September 1, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Copper Mines and Coordination Chemistry Extracting pure copper metal from low-grade metal ores will benefit from the latest coordination chemistry research, thanks to a molecule that can hold negative and positive ions in place, UK chemists claim.
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