These comprise a small group of passive stem cells—quiescent—that are activated when needed and have the capacity to produce any kind of intestinal cell. Quiescent cells are relevant for tissue re...
Read moreLa revista científica Nature Chemistry destaca en portada el trabajo de un equipo investigador de la Universidad de Barcelona que ha desarrollado un método computacional más eficaz para identificar...
Read moreUn estudio con investigadores del CSIC ha caracterizado la unión de Capicua al ADN y el modo en que este proceso se ve alterado por mutaciones en diferentes tumores. El hallazgo facilitará la inter...
Read moreUna prueba no invasiva y rápida permite determinar los productos de glicación avanzada, Advanced Glycation End Products(AGE), unas proteínas que emiten fluorescencia y que predicen la mortalidad en...
Read moreIRB Barcelona starts a project with the long-term goal to achieve an injectable frataxin treatment able to reach the brain. Frataxin is the protein that is reduced in those affected by this rare and d...
Read moreLas células tumorales han de adaptar su metabolismo para garantizar su supervivencia y proliferación. Un adecuado aporte de nucleótidos, las moléculas indispensables para sintetizar los ácidos nu...
Read moreIDIBAPS and IRB Barcelona researchers show the effectiveness of a new strategy to get genetically modified viruses to only infect tumor cells and preserve healthy tissues. It is an innovative approach...
Read moreResearchers unveil a mechanism responsible for halting protein synthesis when cells are deprived of nutrients. The cell regulates its growth by forming various assemblies of RNA polymerase I. The stud...
Read moreCientíficos del Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (CIC) de Salamanca y del University of Nebraska Medical Center de Estados Unidos han publicado un artículo en la revista científica Blood que ay...
Read moreMinoryx Therapeutics – a drug development company specialized in the discovery and development of new drugs for orphan diseases, which has R& D laboratories at the Barcelona Science Park– announce...
Read moreIn epigenetics, there there are “accents”, called DNA methylation, which means having a C or a methyl-C. The first one usually means that a gene is expressed and active, while the second one impli...
Read moreDifferent forms of the DIDO protein regulate activation of the differentiation process in embryonic stem cells. Advances in regenerative medicine require a closer look at stem cell biology and the mol...
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