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Researchers at IRCM have developed and characterized in vivo humanized bone marrow models. These results open up new perspectives for research on leukemia, on protective interactions between cancer cells and bone marrow cells, and may help to pave the way for personalized therapies.
Researchers from IDMIT Department has developed a PET imaging strategy to visualize and quantify the distribution of SARS-CoV-2 throughout the whole body in a non-human primate model. These findings were published in Nature Communications.
Researchers from Mircen contributed to a study published in Brain, showing in a mouse model the role of a gene, DLCK3, in modulating anxiety and memory.
In a study published in Nucleic Acids Research (NAR), researchers from IRCM reveal fine-tuned mechanisms regulating the transition of germ cells from mitosis to meiosis during mouse spermatogenesis, providing new insights into certain forms of male infertility.
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.
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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.
