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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
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National Institute of General Medical Sciences NIGMS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, February 10, 2005
CONTACTS: Emily Carlson, 301-496-7301, Emily Carlson
NOTE TO PHOTO EDITORS: A slide show of recently determined protein structures is available with the Web version of this news release. For additional images, visit the new PSI Image Gallery.
THE SHAPES OF LIFE: NIGMS PROJECT YIELDS MORE THAN 1,000 PROTEIN STRUCTURES
The Protein Structure Initiative (PSI), a national program aimed at determining the three-dimensional shapes of a wide range of proteins, has now determined more than 1,000 different structures. These structures will shed light on how proteins function in many life processes and could lead to targets for the development of new medicines.
The PSI is a 10-year, approximately $600 million project funded largely by NIGMS, part of the National Institutes of Health. The first half of this project – a pilot phase that started in 2000 – has centered on developing new tools and processes that enable researchers to quickly, cheaply, and reliably determine the shapes of many proteins found in nature.
The NIH News Release is available online. Or contact:
Jeffrey A. Dehoff, Contractor, Jeffrey A. Dehoff
National Institutes of Health
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