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Human and mouse cells run at different speeds
The internal clock that governs the development of embryos ticks slower for humans than for mice. Differences in the speed of biochemical reactions…
Fighting cardiovascular disease with acne drug
Researchers have found the cause of dilated cardiomyopathy – a leading cause of heart failure – and identified a potential treatment for it: a…
Genome sequencing accelerates cancer detection
The Gerstung Group at EMBL-EBI and collaborators have developed a statistical model that analyses genomic data to predict whether a patient has a…
Nuclear pores in their natural context
Scientists from the Beck group have studied the 3D structure of nuclear pores in budding yeast. They show how the architecture of the nuclear pore…
How to remove unwanted components from the cell nucleus
Researchers have uncovered how cells remove unwanted components from the nucleus following…
Eat more to grow more arms…if you’re a sea anemone
An international group of researchers, led by scientists from EMBL Heidelberg, have discovered that the number of tentacle arms a sea anemone grows…
Intelligent software tackles plant cell jigsaw
Starting with computer code and moving on to a more user-friendly graphical interface called PlantSeg, the Kreshuk Group at EMBL and collaborators…
Upgraded beamlines at EMBL Grenoble unveiled
The beamlines run jointly by EMBL Grenoble and the ESRF reopen today, unveiling significant upgrades that exploit the brand new fourth generation…
New clues to a 500-year old mystery about the human heart
An international team of scientists involving Ewan Birney's group has investigated the function of a complex mesh of muscle fibres that line the…
Predicting how gene expression varies
Discoveries at EMBL will help researchers to interpret one of the most common types of experiments in genomics and medical…
Flexible and protected – new findings on SARS-CoV-2 protein shed light on virus’s ability to infect cells
Researchers studied the spike protein on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. With its spikes, the virus binds to human cells and infects them. The…
The curious genome of the tuatara, an ancient reptile in peril
A global team of researchers including the Flicek Team at EMBL-EBI has partnered up with the Māori tribe Ngātiwai to sequence the genome of the…
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