BCN, 18 June 2021.- In the new European research project 3D’omics, researchers aim to address major challenges in animal production by creating and optimising a technology to analyse animal-microbiota interactions at the microscale. The developed technology will be implemented in two production...

BCN, 12 June 2021.- Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG) are initiating two new research projects to combat the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The researchers will explore why some human tissues are more susceptible to infection than others, as well as predict which...

BCN, 10 June 2021.- A recent article led by Pedro Moral from the Universitat de Barcelona and Oscar Lao, head of the Population Genomics Group of the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico (CNAG-CRG), sheds light on the demographic dynamics of rural populations by studying the genetics of people...

BCN, 3 June 2021.- All the cells of an organism share the same DNA sequence, but their functions, shapes or even lifespans vary greatly. This happens because each cell “reads” different chapters of the genome, thus producing alternative sets of proteins and embarking on different paths. Epigenetic...

BCN, 1 June 2021.- Rare disease experts detail the first results of an unprecedented collaboration to diagnose people living with unsolved cases of rare diseases across Europe. The findings are published today in a series of six papers published in the European Journal of Human Genetics.    In...

BCN, 18 May 2021.- Scientists led by Dr. Salvador Aznar-Benitah, head of the Stem Cells and Cancer laboratory at IRB Barcelona, have described the alterations that occur during mammary gland formation when heterochromatin (the part of DNA that does not...