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Department of Biochemistry

 
Adult African Clawed Frog. Photo: Xenbase.

A feature on the Cambridge University website explores the Gallop Lab's research on how the actin cytoskeleton is involved in changing the shape of cells and moving them around as an embryo develops into a fully-formed organism, and how frogs can help people with rare diseases.

Dr Jenny Gallop said: 'Our simplified system using frog egg extract was vital in making the connection to what might be going wrong in Lowe syndrome and Dent disease 2.'

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Adult African Clawed Frog. Photo: Xenbase.

Publication date

11 July 2024