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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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2021.03.22
The human body is made up of tens of thousands of billions of cells, all originating from the division of one parent cell into two daughter cells. Scientists...
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2021.02.15
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, words that just a year ago would have been the preserve of scientists have entered everyday language. One example...
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2020.10.21
Between September 2018 and March 2019, a cholera epidemic took place in Zimbabwe, causing 10 000 cases and 69 deaths. The Enteric Bacterial Pathogens Unit at...
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2020.06.24
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, the Institut Pasteur and their clinical collaborators have identified a cause of testicular tissue developing in...
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2020.03.05
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 5% of the world's population – some 466 million people – are affected by disabling hearing loss.
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2019.11.18
Lluis Quintana-Murci is a scientist specializing in human genetics, with a particular focus on population genetics. His fascinating research tells an amazing...
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2019.02.06
Congenital limb defects are very common and occur in 1.5 in 1,000 births. Some are minor, such as a missing finger, while others are more serious, a missing...
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2018.10.23
Three-dimensional spatial genome organization plays a fundamental role in gene expression regulation. However we do not know yet whether DNA viruses contact...
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2018.09.14
On September 13, 2018, the Institut Pasteur inaugurated its "Omics" buildings, which will serve to explore the myriad possibilities offered by the development...