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05.02.2015 Genome Medicine. CNIO scientists link aggressiveness of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia to genetic variability The genetic variability of a tumour could be a predictor for its aggressiveness: the greater the...

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29.01.2015 Nucleic Acids Research. CNIO researchers broaden the catalogue of biological chimeras for the study of the genome Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre’s Structural Computational Biology...

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26.01.2015 Developmental Cell. CNIO scientists discover new blood platelet formation mechanism Thrombocytopenia is a disease characterised by a lower platelet level than normal. Platelets are...

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20.01.2015 The CNIO broadens its research programme and hires Héctor Peinado to study metastasis The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO)’s Molecular Oncology Programme has broadened...

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15.01.2015 Genes & Development. CNIO researchers discover a novel molecular mechanism involved in the formation of the skin The formation of human skin involves a cascade of biochemical signals, which are not well...

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12.01.2015 The Journal of Clinical Investigation. CNO researches discover one of the genetic pieces of bladder cancer Notch genes are a double-edged sword: in some cancers they have a harmful effect because they...

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23.12.2014 Plos Biology. CNIO researchers activate hair growth by modifying immune cells How to restore hair loss is a task not undertaken exclusively by beauty practitioners. The...

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18.12.2014 Nature Communications. CNIO researchers treat heart attacks with new gene therapy based on telomerase enzyme The enzyme telomerase repairs cell damage produced by ageing, and has been used successfully in...

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08.12.2014 Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. CNIO team has visualised the DNA double-strand break process visualised for the first time Scientists from the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), led by Guillermo Montoya, have...