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The origins of asymmetry: A protein that makes you do the twist

Asymmetry plays a major role in biology at every scale: think of DNA spirals, the fact that the human heart is positioned on the left, our preference to use our left or right hand … A team from the Institute of biology ...
Press release | 23 Nov 2018 | Molecular and structural bases of living organisms Cell biology, development and evolution Genetics, genomics and bioinformatics

Resistance to Antidepressants: the Ability of Neurons to Self-regulate

Why are some depressed patients more or less totally resistant to the most commonly-prescribed antidepressants? This question was addressed by researchers from Inserm ...
Press release | 25 Jul 2018 | Cell biology, development and evolution Neurosciences, cognitives sciences, neurology and psychiatry

Microbiome Influences Brain’s Immune Cells in a Sex and Age-dependent manner

A joint study conducted by Inserm researchers from IBENS (Institute of Biology of the Ecole Normale Supérieure – Inserm/CNRS/ENS Paris) in Paris and researchers from SIgN (Singapore Immunology Network, A*STAR) in Singapore has revealed a hitherto undiscovered role played by the microbiota ...
Press release | 21 Dec 2017 | Cell biology, development and evolution

An Edible Mushroom With Potential to Fight Human Genetic Diseases

Could a common mushroom help fight certain genetic diseases? Although surprising, this is indeed the new discovery made by French scientists from Inserm, the French National Museum of Natural History, the CNRS, Université de Lille, and the Institut Pasteur de Lille[1]. By ...
Press release | 27 Nov 2017 | Cell biology, development and evolution

A crucial enzyme finally revealed

After 40 years of research, researchers at the CEA, the CNRS, the University of Grenoble-Alps, the University of Montpellier and the Inserm have finally identified the enzyme responsible for the tubulin cycle. Surprisingly, it is not one enzyme but two which control ...
| 20 Nov 2017 | Cell biology, development and evolution Cancer Neurosciences, cognitives sciences, neurology and psychiatry

Gene therapy: first results in children with Sanfilippo B syndrome

On July 13, 2017, the journal Lancet Neurology published the results of a gene therapy trial conducted in four children with Sanfilippo type B syndrome (also known as MPS IIIB). This trial is the achievement of a two-decade partnership with financial support ...
Press release | 20 Jul 2017 | Cell biology, development and evolution
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