Designer DNA-binding proteins to combat viral infections in agriculture and medicine

"Having trained as a chemist, in the early days of my research career I wanted to find ways of treating cancer based on knowledge of organic chemistry," says Takashi Sera, Professor at Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology. "But I soon realized that chemical molecules are hard and too rigid for such purposes. That is when I decided to focus on the use of proteins."

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