Human evolutionary genetics
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2020.03.05
Cells in vivo organize into 3D structures that underlie the shape and mechanics of tissues, as well as their biological function. Researchers mapped how...
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2020.07.16
Triplet repeat expansions are responsible for more than two dozen neurological and developmental disorders. Shortening these repeats with endonucleases could...
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2020.03.27
Replicative DNA polymerases have evolved the ability to copy the genome with high processivity and fidelity. In Eukarya and Archaea, their processivity is...
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2021.04.30
It remains unclear whether and how neural stem cells (NSCs) are maintained at long-term in the vertebrate brain. Combining intravital imaging, genetic tracing...
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2020.02.04
The results of a study from researchers from Institut Pasteur illustrate how small non-coding RNAs can act as epigenetic molecules capable of transmitting...
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2020.07.01
The gut microbiota houses a complex and varied microbial community that coexists in a balance which is crucial for human health but poorly understood. In this...
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2021.03.30
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and increasingly rapidly thereafter, the Institut Pasteur International Network has drawn heavily on all its...
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2021.04.06
In all adult vertebrates, neural stem cells can be recruited to produce new neurons in the brain. However, little is known about these so-called "activation"...
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2021.03.23
SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is capable of infecting some species, while others are naturally resistant to it. This determines the "host...
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2021.03.26
The B.1.1.7 and B.1.351 variants of SARS-CoV-2 were first detected in the UK and South Africa respectively, and have since spread to many other countries....