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An international consortium, including laboratories from CNRS and Genoscope, has sequenced the giant X and Y chromosomes of the plant Silene latifolia. This work, published in Science, sheds light on sex determination in plants.
In a study published in Nature Communications, IDMIT researchers demonstrated the efficacy of a neutralizing antibody against cell-associated infection by simian-human immunodeficiency virus.
Using a murine preclinical model wherein Rad51 was selectively inhibited, researchers from the Laboratory of Development of the Gonads (iRCM:CEA-Jacob) and the Institut Cochin showed that in vivo alteration of Rad51-mediated homologous recombination does not favor the development of cancers, it reduces it. The team's work was published in The Embo Journal.
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CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world.
