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Research

25.03.2020

Towards the generation of blood stem cells in the laboratory

In Spain, around 41% of children aged 6 to 9 years were overweight and/or obese in 2015. | Picture by Kevin Gent from Unsplash.
24.03.2020

Childhood overweight trend shows a slight decrease, but increases in disadvantaged environments

A new study explains the evolution of virus-plant interactions in Mediterranean ecosystems by considering environmental fluctuations in each case. | Picture by Dengrz from Unsplash.
16.03.2020

Researchers model the role of the environment on the spread of viral infections in plants

12.03.2020

Analysing the Colon crypts

The BALSAC database contains the genealogical relationships that links five million individuals, the majority married in Quebec in the last four centuries. | Picture by David Anderson from Unsplash.
11.03.2020

Combining genetics with genealogy to identify the dead in unmarked graves

The mechanisms shown in this study are not specific to the two species of bacteria and the antibiotics used. | Picture by Anna Shvets from Pexels.
10.03.2020

Bacteria might help each other to resist antibiotics better

The CNAG-CRG participated in the Pan-Cancer genome project by sequencing about 100 samples of chronic lymphatic leukaemia.
06.03.2020

Ivo Gut (CNAG-CRG): “Pan-Cancer has been the world’s biggest cancer genome sequencing project”

Accelerated lung function decline occurs in any adult who gains weight, regardless of their body mass index. | Picture by I Yunmai from Unsplash.
05.03.2020

Weight changes affect lung function in adulthood

Wolbachia bacteria uses a number of strategies to manipulate cockroach reproduction to its own benefit.
03.03.2020

Studying the evolution of unisexuality in beetles

Protein aggregates that appear in Schizosaccharomyces pombe yeast cells exposed to high temperatures. | Picture by Margarita Cabrera.
02.03.2020

Scientists identify the main strategy of cells to deal with the accumulation of misfolded proteins

60-90% of the adult world population is infected by cytomegalovirus. It is a latent and asymptomatic infection. | Picture by Qimono from Pixabay.
27.02.2020

New protection biomarker against cytomegalovirus in kidney transplant patients

PARP inhibitors are considered a potential treatment for cancer. | Picture by National Cancer Institute from Unsplash.
24.02.2020

Designing PARP-specific inhibitors would enhance their effectiveness against cancer

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