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A new link between stem cells and tumors
Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and the Institute of Biomedical Research of the Parc Científic de…
A double punch for female survival
Achieving equality between the sexes can be a challenge even for single cells. Since evolution began removing bits of male DNA to create the…
Actin moves chromosomes
Microtubules need a helping hand to find chromosomes in dividing egg cells, scientists have discovered. Although it was generally accepted that…
Trees, vines and nets: microbial evolution changes its face
EBI researchers have changed our view of 4 billion years of microbial evolution. Christos Ouzounis and colleagues have gained intriguing quantitative…
A link between our body’s energy levels and a protein that wraps our DNA?
Living organisms need to sense the amount of energy that is available to them and regulate the activity of their genes accordingly. Scientists have…
Whale bones and farm soil: Sequencing biodiversity
Instead of sequencing the genome of one organism, why not sequence a drop of sea water, a gram of farm soil or even a sunken whale skeleton?…
A new way to share models of biological systems
Today sees the launch of BioModels, the world’s first database of annotated biological models. BioModels is the result of a collaboration led…
Biology in four dimensions
Most things that happen in the cell are the work of ‘molecular machines’ – complexes of proteins that carry out important cellular…
How do cells travel through our bodies?
One of the most basic yet least understood processes in our bodies is how cells crawl along tissues. This behavior is essential to the formation of…
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