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Drosophila polytene chromosome. In yellow, the chromocenter region where heterochromatin is accumulated. Image: Jordi Bernués, IRB Barcelona.
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What is the most important protein of the genome?
DNA damage accumulation (in green) in old mice skin (Guiomar Solanas and Francisca Peixoto, IRB Barcelona)
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"Link between biological clock and ageing revealed"
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A low-calorie diet could slow down aging by "rejuvenating the biological clock"
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Advantages for the European Medicines Agency
Fran Supek is starting his Genome Data Science (aGENDAS) laboratory at IRB Barcelona.
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"DNA repair under the influence may raise risk of cancer"
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Scientists discover a mechanism that links alcohol consumption with the risk of developing cancer
Lidia, Marcos and Irene are 3 out of the 68 "la Caixa" Phd Students 2016. Photo: Javier Barbancho (El Mundo)
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The scientists from Madrid who will change the world
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“Bee venom to treat central nervous system diseases”
Cross sections of wild type or TLK2 deficient embryos stained for the proliferative marker Ki67. Embryos lacking TLK2 (left) appear morphologically normal but developmentally delayed. (S. Segura-Bayona, IRB Barcelona)
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Crucial gene in the development of the placenta discovered