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2022.11.30
Calmodulin is a protein found in all living organisms, or at least those whose cells have a nucleus. "Calmodulin" literally means "calcium-modulated protein...
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2023.01.02
In addition to the nucleus containing the vast majority of genetic information, human cells also contain organelles that perform specific functions. Some of...
Document de presse
2022.10.20
Although the mechanisms by which SARS-CoV-2 enters host cells are increasingly well documented, the direct molecular interactions between virus and host remain...
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2020.12.01
Cardiac asymmetry established during embryonic development is critical to heart function. 1% of all newborns are affected by a heart defect, which in France...
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2020.06.05
The team of the Department of General Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases of the Necker-Enfants Malades AP-HP Hospital, the Institut Pasteur, Inserm and the...
Document de presse
2020.04.30
An international effort including researchers from University of California San Francisco (UCSF), Gladstone Institutes, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai...
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2019.12.17
Natural killer (NK) cells, are a unique type of immune cell, known to have important roles in protection against tumor cells and viruses. NK cells display...
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2019.07.16
Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. After myocardial infarction, heart cells (or cardiomyocytes) die and are...
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2019.01.28
Mitochondria are organelles that provide most of the energy necessary for the cell. This energy is provided in “tokens” of adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, a...
Document de presse
2017.11.28
1% of all newborns – approximately 8,000 babies a year in France – are affected by a heart defect. 15% of these defects can be linked to a known genetic cause...