National Reference Center
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2022.02.16
Hospitals are on the front line in tackling the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and are highly vulnerable to virus spread. In facilities providing follow-up and...
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2022.07.22
Most bacterial species have a huge variety of strains, and antibiotic resistance, virulence and potential for transmissibility all vary from one to the next...
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2022.02.16
HIV controllers are rare patients who naturally control HIV replication in the absence of antiretroviral therapy. These patients are known to harbor...
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2022.02.01
Since the start of the pandemic, the ability to study the biology of the virus in cells and detect its presence in infected organs or patients has been...
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2021.12.21
Darwinian evolution plays a central yet poorly understood role in human disease. Iterations between genetic mutation and environmental selection drive cancer...
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2021.12.14
Listeria monocytogenes is a major human foodborne pathogen, associated with one of the highest medical and economic burdens. In addition, L. monocytogenes is...
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2021.11.17
Some cancers are caused by a viral infection. This is the case with Kaposi's sarcoma, a disease that manifests as skin lesions, but can also affect organs,...
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2021.10.18
Cells in our bodies communicate among themselves through chemical molecules that they release and perceive in their environment. However, our organs are not...
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2021.10.05
Antibiotic resistance is a major public health issue and an increasingly serious threat. Besides developing effective new drugs to fight single and multidrug...
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2022.10.24
State-of-the-art super-resolution microscopes enable us to observe biological structures at resolutions approaching molecular scale. A good example is single...