Genetic risk factors
Exploring genetic variation
EMBL group leader Jan Korbel reflects on his scientific origins and current research…
New risk factors for rare childhood cancer
Researchers identify genes that can cause brain tumours in children and other cancers later in life…
Putting an old drug to a new use
We all know that iron deficiencies are dangerous, but also too much iron is bad for our health. Our body stores excess iron in various tissues, where it can lead to organ failure and even death if not treated before irreversible damage has occurred. Researchers from the Innsbruck Medical…
Many needles, many haystacks
Most of what happens in cells is the work of machines that contain dozens of molecules, chiefly proteins. With the completion of human and other genomes, researchers now have a nearly complete ‘parts list’ of such machines; what’s lacking is the manual telling where all the pieces…
