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The last two years in scientific news
Researchers from MIRCen partnered with École Polytechnique, the CNRS, Inserm and LOB to develop combinatorial labeling techniques wherein color and 3D and high-resolution imaging are used to demonstrate astrocyte plasticity during cerebral cortex development.
In a study published in Nature Biomedical Engineering, a team from the Genomics and Radiobiology of Keratinopoiesis laboratory (LGRK/ IRCM) has shown that a transcription factor, KLF4, plays a key role in the proliferation of the stem cells in the epidermis. The discovery brings new therapeutic perspectives to regenerative medicine.
MIRCen contributed to a study that showed that the use of histocompatible neuronal grafts did not eliminate the need for immunosuppressive drugs in a primate model. Those results provide important knowledge for the clinical use of certain cell therapies under development for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases.
MIRCen researchers have shown that the intracerebral injection of Alzheimer brain extracts into a primate induces lesions typical of the disease and neurodegenerative processes associated with memory loss.
As part of an international study, Genoscope participated in the sequencing of the garden pea genome. That work, published in Nature Genetics, will contribute to improving the agronomic characteristics of this grain legume.
With 3D histology, researchers from MIRCen highlighted, among nine methods of neuroinflammation PET quantification methods, the optimal performances of one of them.
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.
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