Come on in: Bile acids open the door to norovirus infection
Some people call it the ship cruise virus, but norovirus can be found in many other places. People can catch
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From The Labs
Six is better than two: assay assesses multiple cellular pathways at once
Scientists strive to have a better understanding of the complex biological processes involved in health and disease, and what they
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What extensive protein analysis revealed about cancer
Cancer is currently understood not as a single disease, but as a collection of diseases that can develop through alterations
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Becoming metastatic: how FOXA1 triggers metastatic behavior in breast cancer
About 75 percent of breast cancers have estrogen receptors, hence they are called estrogen receptor positive (ER+). Original ER+ breast
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There is a new player in adult bone healing
Adult bone repair relies on the activation of bone stem cells, which still remain poorly characterized. Bone stem cells have
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Top 5 most viewed posts of 2019
In 2019, From the Labs covered a large variety of topics currently being investigated at the College, including hot areas
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Image of the Month: Nervous tissue of the fruit fly embryo
The fruit fly is a valuable animal model to unravel the genetic causes of both rare and more common human
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The making of a ‘couch potato mouse’
Some people love to exercise, but others hate it. Many researchers consider genetics to be the reason for a person’s
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Restoring protein imbalance improves memory deficits in Down syndrome
Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability. The disorder occurs when a person has three, instead
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Unexpected viral behavior linked to type 1 diabetes in high-risk children
Viruses have long been suspected to be involved in the development of type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease, but consistent
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