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SLAC research gives scientists a better understanding of how living things work, what makes us sick and how we can prevent and treat disease. Our accelerator research and development also has applications in the field of medicine. 

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Researchers at SLAC and Stanford are developing new accelerator-based technology that aims to speed up cancer radiation therapy.
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Two SLAC physicists with decades of particle accelerator experience helped a Silicon Valley company design and build X-ray devices that scan cargo containers for...

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Last year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry – shared by Stanford School of Medicine Professor Brian Kobilka and Robert Lefkowitz of Duke University – recognized...

Image: Researchers Dingjie Wang and Garret Nelson fro...
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X-rays Pinpoint Drug Target for Bacteria that Affect Hundreds of Millions Worldwide

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Understanding why proteins interact with certain specific molecules and not with the myriad others in their environment is a major goal of molecular biology.

Conceptual art showing proteins and viruses
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Discovery paves the way for new synthesis of antibiotics

A ribbon diagram of the protein Lsd19