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2021.10.18
Among the characteristics defining our constituent organs are their different rigidities. Changes in these physical properties occur during tumor development....
Document de presse
2021.06.07
To enable tissue renewal, human tissues constantly eliminate millions of cells, without jeopardizing tissue integrity, form and connectivity. The mechanisms...
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2021.07.21
Over the last few decades, neurodegenerative diseases became one of the top 10 global causes of death. Researchers worldwide are making a strong effort to...
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2020.10.17
Ludovic Deriano’s Unit studied cells mutated for NHEJ, the canonical repair pathway for DNA double-strand break. The researchers showed that those transformed...
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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...
Report
2021.03.18
In recent years, progress in research on hearing mechanisms and the factors responsible for hearing disorders has raised hopes for future preventive and...
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2021.02.02
Cancer is the leading cause of mortality in France. In the last 40 years, survival rates have increased for several types of cancer, such as breast or prostate...
Report
2020.12.14
The Georges, Jacques and Elias Canetti Prize was set up in 2006 after the family made a donation to the Institut Pasteur of 158 handwritten letters exchanged...
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2020.12.08
The Georges, Jacques and Elias Canetti Prize is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. The winner of this 2020 edition is Mélanie Hamon, a scientist and...
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2020.11.26
Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, involves genetic and environmental factors. A genomic analysis can identify gene variants whose pathogenicity...