
DECIPHER database for rare diseases joins EMBL-EBI
Announcements, Science Closer collaborations with EMBL-EBI data resources set to further develop and grow this unique rare disease platform.
2023
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Announcements, Science Closer collaborations with EMBL-EBI data resources set to further develop and grow this unique rare disease platform.
2023
announcementsscience
Perspectives, Science EMBL-EBI data resources are being used to deliver thousands of genetic diagnostics to patients every month.
2023
perspectivesscience
Research highlights, Science EMBL-EBI researchers use UK Biobank data to uncover new information about rare diseases of the eye.
2023
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Perspectives, Science Why open data from model organisms is essential for rare disease research.
2023
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Lab Matters The GEEF facility at EMBL Rome supports scientists worldwide with scientific expertise and state-of-the-art gene editing technologies.
2022
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Science Scientists at EMBL Barcelona have created for the first time a 3D in vitro model that recapitulates the periodic formation of human somites – structures that give rise to the spinal column.
2022
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Science New structural biology research provides fundamental information critical to understanding enzyme mutations connected to rare diseases and cancers.
2021
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Lab Matters Tudor Groza joins EMBL-EBI as our new Phenomics Team Lead. We found out from Tudor exactly what this new role will entail
2021
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Science Scientists in the Stegle group and colleagues have studied induced pluripotent stem cells from around 1,000 donors to identify correlations between individual genetic variants and altered gene expression. They linked more than 4,000 of the genetic variants responsible for altered expression…
2021
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Science New EMBL research shows where & to what degree a component of cellular machinery known as RNA Pol III is mutated and becomes problematic.
2021
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Lab Matters A national consortium including EMBL and the DKFZ is set to launch the German Human Genome–Phenome Archive, creating an invaluable bridge between fundamental biomedical research and applied healthcare.
2020
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Science Researchers in EMBL’s Zaugg group have studied the causes of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), a rare disease that causes high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs. The study, carried out in collaboration with Stanford University School of Medicine, compared lung cells of patients…
2020
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Science EMBL scientists examine the molecular causes of a rare hereditary disease of the spine and ribs
2020
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Science New resource that categorises genes essential for supporting life could be used to identify rare disease mutations
2020
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Picture of the week Every single moment of our life we use our muscles – most of the time without even thinking about it. Some muscles, like our heart, we cannot even control at all. How our brain communicates with our muscles is still not fully understood. The communication between our brain and our skeletal…
2019
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Science Federated data sharing will now be possible on an unprecedented scale
2019
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Science EMBL researchers have found a way to stop itch with light in mice
2018
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Science Researchers identify genes that can cause brain tumours in children and other cancers later in life
2018
science
Lab Matters ELIXIR receives major Horizon 2020 funding to ‘EXCELERATE' activities over the next four years.
2015
lab-matters
Science Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and Regensburg University, both in Germany, and the University of Lisboa, in Portugal, have discovered a promising potential drug target for cystic fibrosis. Their work, published online today in Cell, also uncovers a…
2013
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Science Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University of Michigan have discovered a gene that protects us against a serious kidney disease. In the current online issue of Nature Genetics they report that mutations in the gene cause nephronopthisis (NPHP) in humans and…
2007
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