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Antibiotics resistance: Researchers succeed to block genes of resistance

24-Nov-2017 - Antibiotics are commonly used around the world to cure diseases caused by bacteria. But as the World Health Organization and other international bodies have pointed out, the global increase of antibiotic resistance is a rapidly worsening problem. And since antibiotics are also an essential part ...

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An IRCM team unveils a mechanism that controls neuron production from stem cells

15-Jan-2016 - A study conducted by a research team led by Michel Cayouette, Full IRCM Research Professor and Director of the Cellular Neurobiology research unit, in collaboration with a team led by Stéphane Angers, Associate Professor at the University of Toronto follows the discovery of a mechanism enabling ...

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A new target for immuno-oncology therapies

18-Nov-2015 - By studying a type of immune cells, a team of researchers at the IRCM led by André Veillette, MD, identified the mechanism of action for a new target for novel immune-oncology treatments. The researchers study natural killer (NK) cells, which are crucial to the immune system and protect the body ...

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IRCM researchers fuel an important debate in the field of molecular biology

30-Jan-2012 - Dr. François Robert, molecular biology researcher at the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM), and his team confirmed that the phosphorylation of RNA polymerase II, a key enzyme in the process of gene expression, is uniform across all genes. This discovery, which contributes to ...

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Researchers map "gene switches" within the Human Genome

11-Apr-2006 - Researchers have released a "map" of regions in the human genome that work as "switches" for turning genes on and off. The discovery, made by researchers from McGill University, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM) and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) may revolutionize ...

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