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Article: UNIQUE HUMAN PROTEIN ATLAS WILL SHED LIGHT ON DEADLY DISEASES
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- The Hindustan Times
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- October 18, 2008
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Washington, Oct. 18 -- (ANI): Atlases will no longer be restricted to continents, seas and mountains, for Swedish scientists are compiling a unique 'atlas' that pinpoints the location of thousands of individual proteins in the body's tissues and cells.The atlas would help researchers in determining the molecular basis of diseases such as cancer and will provide important insights into the function of different proteins and how changes in the distribution of proteins could lead to diseases as grave as cancer."We are trying to map the building blocks of life," said Professor Mathias Uhlen of the Royal Institute of ...