Genes Archives - El·lipse

15.03.2021

All that glitters is not “good cholesterol”

12.03.2021

A new possible therapeutic target for Huntington’s disease

22.02.2021

Down Syndrome, a high risk factor for COVID-19

20.11.2020

Insights into the role of a p53 target gene in cancer protection

12.11.2020

Key gene for Ewing’s sarcoma found

Sex, defined by the X and Y chromosomes, influences gene expression in most human tissues.

20.10.2020

Scientists characterize sex differences in the human transcriptome

06.08.2020

Insights from third phase of ENCODE: just five groups of cells make up the human body

The way in which chromosomes occupy a 3-D space is crucial for regulating genome function and processes essential for life, such as DNA replication, transcription and DNA-damage repair.

11.06.2020

New tool to film dynamic genome changes

Male lion at the Copenhagen Zoo in April 2014. | Picture by Ross Barnett, researcher at the GLOBE Institute and co-author of the study.

18.05.2020

Researchers analyze the evolutionary history of the lion, key to its conservation in the future

Both modern and ancient DNA analysis shows a clear separation of Basques, Gascons and Bretons from the rest of French populations. | Picture by slon_dot_pics from Pexels.

24.04.2020

Insights into the genetic history of France

Women have two copies of chromosome X, while men have one X and one Y. This little Y chromosome holds the key to why men have higher risk of cancer. Photo by Kate Whitley CC-BY.

17.01.2020

Six Y chromosome genes could explain men’s increased risk of cancer

Neurodegenerative diseases often run with protein aggregation; but is that aggregation the cause of the disease? Researchers at the CRG have used deep mutagenesis to get closer to the answer. Photo by pan xiaozhen on Unsplash.

22.10.2019

New insights into protein aggregation and neurodegenerative diseases