Describen por primera vez la comunidad de virus ARN en la Antártida

by CSIC - Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

Los resultados, que son fruto de tres años de investigaciones y se han publicado como artículo destacado en la revista Molecular Ecology, indican que la diversidad de los virus de ARN es menor que l...

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Identificados tres genes que abren nuevas vías para el tratamiento del síndrome ICF

by Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe

Los pacientes con ICF poseen un epigenoma defectuoso que provoca la fragilidad de sus cromosomas, de forma que se pueden romper fácilmente. El estudio confirmó que estos enfermos poseen un control e...

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Key genetic event underlying fin-to-limb evolution

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

Now, researchers at Tokyo Tech and CRG, together with scientists across Japan and Spain, have revealed how genetic alterations governing the patterning of skeletal structures in fins may have led to t...

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Mechanism identified by which some pathogens regulate the expression of antibiotic resistance genes

by Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB)

“Stimulation and inhibition of transcription is the mechanism used by ω2 to control the copy number, efficient distribution and survival of the plasmid” explains Juan Carlos Alonso, one of the au...

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Presence of genetic mutation across several tumor types may help develop more precise anti-cancer therapies

by Vall d’Hebron

The basket trial design of this study maximizes the possibility of simultaneously detecting early signs of activity across multiple tumor types. The detection of these alterations in tumors act as bio...

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Potentially safer stem cells are generated in the laboratory

by CNIO - Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas

The results represent a significant step forward regarding the possible use of iPS cells, because after almost a decade since they were developed, there is now a more efficient way of obtaining them, ...

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Tumour suppressor genes curb growth in neighbouring cells

by IRB Barcelona - Instituto de Investigación Biomédica

Researchers at IRB Barcelona unravel a role for tumour suppressor genes in restricting the growth of neighbouring cell populations. The study, published yesterday in PLoS Biology, might have implicati...

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Ratones y plantas comparten un mecanismo de control en la división celular

by Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Investigadores de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid han estudiado los mecanismos que regulan los intercambios de información genética producidos durante la división celular que origina los gamet...

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Identifican una nueva posible causa genética de microftalmia

by Instituto de Salud Carlos III

La actividad insuficiente del gen Meis1 podría ser causante de alguna formas de microftalmia, una anomalía congénita poco frecuente caracterizada por un tamaño del ojo reducido y déficits visuale...

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Descubren el gen causante de los síndromes de Barber-Say y Abléfaron-Macrostomía

by CIBERER - Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras

Un estudio internacional ha identificado que TWIST2 es el gen causante de los síndromes de Barber-Say y Abléfaron-Macrostomía, que son displasias ectodérmicas congénitas muy infrecuentes caracter...

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First ancient genome recovered from the Mediterranean area

by CSIC - Centro Superior de Investigaciones Científicas

According to Iñigo Olalde, "the sequencing of this genome has been possible thanks to new advances in both techniques of ancient DNA extraction, building of and construction techniques of genomic lib...

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A switch for health heart muscle

by Centre for Genomic Regulation

CRG researchers have discovered a protein, called Mel18, that regulates the development of heart muscle. Faults in the production of Mel18 in early cardiac cells may play a role in heart defects

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