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The last two years in scientific news
Genoscope contributed to a study describing a novel synthesized nucleic acid with a previously undescribed molecular backbone. This new genetic support expands the biotech armamentarium for tomorrow's medicine.
Researchers from Genoscope have identified about twenty transformation products resulting from the degradation of chlordecone (a compound classed as a persistent organic pollutant) and furthermore demonstrated their presence in French West Indies soils.
Researchers from STI have developed a new generation of lentivirus, paving the way for the use of Mauritian cynomolgus macaque as a pre-clinical study model for the development of new gene therapy products.
In a study recently published in the journal Molecular Cell, IRCM researchers describe the key elements of a pathway that protects chromosomes from certain radiation-induced rearrangements.
A French team from IRCM (CEA/Inserm) recently published a study in the scientific journal Nature showing that neurons can develop within the tumoral microenvironment and thus contribute to the development of certain types of cancer.
A study on data collected largely by the Tara Oceans expedition has provided the most complete catalog to date of the viruses present in the world's oceans —and earned a place on the front page of the scientific journal Cell. The results reveal the key role of the Arctic Ocean as a reservoir for marine viruses.
With help from MIRCen, an international team has shown that the mitochondria of astrocytes (neuron support cells) intervene in the regulation of memory.
Julien Valette and his group at MIRCen have developed in vivo nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy techniques to quantify certain morphological characteristics of neurons and astrocytes.
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