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Tumour suppressor genes curb growth in neighbouring cells

Posted by , on 28 August 2015

The healthy development of an organism depends on its tissues and organs growing to the right size, stopping when they need to, and maintaining stability in their form and function. ...

From our sister journals- August 2015

Posted by , on 24 August 2015

Here is some developmental biology related content from other journals published by The Company of Biologists.         Deducing the stage of origin of Wilms tumours from a ...

Key protein in cilia assembly identified

Posted by , on 21 August 2015

The group led by ICREA Research Professor Cayetano Gonzalez at IRB Barcelona, in collaboration with the group of Professor Giuliano Callaini from the University of Siena in Italy, has published ...

The protein that keeps cells static is found to play a key role in cell movement

Posted by , on 14 August 2015

The protein E-Cadherin (E-Cad) is a kind of adhesive that keeps cells tightly bound together, thus favouring the organisation of tissues and organs. Scientists at the Institute for Research in ...

The 7th International EMT Meeting (Oct. 11-14, 2015; Melbourne, Australia)

Posted by , on 21 April 2015

The 7th International EMT Meeting will be held in Melbourne, Australia in October 2015. The meeting has been a key venue for bringing together developmental, cell and cancer biologists and ...

Barcelona BioMed Conference: Drosophila as a model in cancer (15 Jun 2015 to 17 Jun 2015)

Posted by , on 29 October 2014

Barcelona BioMed Conference: Drosophila as a model in cancer 15 – 17 Jun 2015 Cancer is a multi-hit process involving mutations in oncogenes and tumour suppressors, as well as interactions between the ...

A key component of cell division comes to light

Posted by , on 30 June 2014

Jens Lüders leads the Microtubule Organization laboratory (Photo: Battista/Minocri, IRB Barcelona)  “la Caixa” PhD student Nicolas Lecland is the first author of the study published in Nature Cell Biology (Photo: ...

The colon has a safety mechanism that restricts tumour formation

Posted by , on 23 June 2014

When adenomas appear in the colon, the same cells of the tissue produce a molecule that neutralizes its progression. Adenomas, which are highly prevalent in the population, provide the substrate ...

Identified a new possible target to combat muscle wasting

Posted by , on 9 April 2014

The pathological atrophy of skeletal muscle is a serious biomedical problem for which no effective treatment is currently available. Those most affected populations are the elderly diagnosed with sarcopenia and ...

A study using Drosophila flies reveals new regulatory mechanisms of cell migration

Posted by , on 21 March 2014

A study by Sofia J. Araújo, a Ramón y Cajal researcher with the Morphogenesis in Drosophila lab at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB), elucidates the genetic regulation of ...

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