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α1β2γ2 GABAA receptors mediate most inhibitory synaptic transmission in the brain, and are the target of widely used therapeutic drugs such as benzodiazepines...
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2020.03.27
Replicative DNA polymerases have evolved the ability to copy the genome with high processivity and fidelity. In Eukarya and Archaea, their processivity is...
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2021.04.06
In all adult vertebrates, neural stem cells can be recruited to produce new neurons in the brain. However, little is known about these so-called "activation"...
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2021.03.22
The human body is made up of tens of thousands of billions of cells, all originating from the division of one parent cell into two daughter cells. Scientists...
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2021.03.01
The Institut Pasteur's Biological Image Analysis Unit is taking part in a new project selected by the EU's Innovative Medicines Initiative. The project,...
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2021.02.16
Biological image analysis using mathematical methods, artificial intelligence and computer visualization techniques has become an essential tool for biological...
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2021.03.09
Bordetella pertussis is the agent responsible for whooping cough, a disease that is currently on the rise. In particular, the bacterium produces the CyaA toxin...
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2021.02.15
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, words that just a year ago would have been the preserve of scientists have entered everyday language. One example...
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2021.01.26
Candida albicans is a yeast that naturally resides in the human intestinal tract, but which can prove to be a formidable pathogen in the event of a drop in the...
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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...