The John Innes Centre receives strategic funding from BBSRC
The John Innes Centre receives strategic funding from BBSRC
DNA Topoisomerases in Biology and MedicineJuly 2008 International scientists working on new drug discovery targets for cancer and bacterial diseases are meeting in Norwich next week to share their latest findings. "The meeting presents exciting new opportunities for scientific collaborations and helps to establish Norwich as one of the top places for scientific research in the UK,” says meeting co-organiser Prof. Tony Maxwell. The scientists attending Topo2008 all work in the field of topoisomerases, enzymes that act on the double strands of DNA to stop them becoming tangled. Without topoisomerases, cells die as they replicate. One way of stopping diseased cells from growing is to inhibit topoisomerases, for example to stop the uncontrolled cell division characteristic of cancer. As well as sharing fundamental research findings, the scientists will showcase how their work is being translated into the discovery of new drugs. <ends> Contacts: JIC Press Office Notes for Editors:
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