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Hinxton, 7 May 2008
Platypus genome sequence published
UK-based researchers at the Medical
Research Council Functional Genomics Unit in Oxford and the
European Molecular Biology Laboratory's European
Bioinformatics Institute in Cambridge have revealed the genetic
makeup of the one of the world's strangest mammals. |
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Grenoble, 4 May 2008
Getting wise to the influenza virus' tricks
Influenza is currently a grave concern for governments and health organisations around the world. Now one of the tactics used by influenza virus to take over the machinery of infected cells has been laid bare by structural biologists at the EMBL and the joint Unit of Virus Host-Cell Interaction of EMBL, the University Joseph Fourier and National Centre for Scientific Research [CNRS], in Grenoble, France and at CSIC, Spain.
Press Coverage:
Die Achilles-Ferse der Grippe-Viren
SWR, 10 May 2008 |
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Monterotondo, 8 April 2008
An unexpected way to cause leukaemia
New mouse model grants insight into the genetic and molecular mechanisms underpinning acute myeloid leukaemia. |
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Heidelberg, 6 March 2008
New revelations in epigenetic control shed light on breast cancer
Researchers at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] in Heidelberg now gained new insight into one crucial epigenetic mechanism and reveal that it acts much faster than assumed.
Press Coverage:
New findings offer hope in treating cancer by gene switch control [PDF]
Irish Times, 6 March 2008
DNA methylation gets dynamic [PDF]
Research Highlights, 5 March 2008
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Heidelberg, 5 February 2008
Europe's most common genetic disease is a liver disorder
In a joint effort, researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] and the University of Heidelberg, Germany, have now discovered that the
genetic iron overload disorder hereditary hemochromatosis
[HH] is a liver disease.
Press Coverage:
Eisenspeicherkrankheit: Ursache ist die Leber [PDF]
Frankfurter Neue Presse, 23 February 2008
Hämochromatose - defektes Lebergen stört Darmfunktion [JPG]
Ärztezeitung, 21 February 2008
Defektes Gen als Grund [JPG]
Recklinghäuser Zeitung, 21 February 2008
Leberdefekt führt zu Eisenüberschuss [JPG]
Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, 16 February 2008 |
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Hinxton, 22 January 2008
International consortium announces the 1000 Genomes Project
An international research consortium today announced the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort to sequence the genomes of at least 1000 people to create the most detailed and medically useful catalogue to
date of human genetic variation.
Press Coverage:
Article in Greek broadsheet [PDF]
Naftemporiki, 22 January 2008
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Heidelberg, 8 January 2008
Life savers in the gut
Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL] have discovered that proteins
that regulate the body's iron household play a vital role in making sure enough nutrients and
water are absorbed in the intestine.
Press Coverage:
Article in Greek broadsheet [PDF]
Kerdos, 2 January 2008 |
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