Health & Physiology

How obesity can improve the efficacy of cancer treatment: role of the sex hormone estrogens.

Rejuvenating the Aged Intestinal System

Tobacco smoking and other exposures shut off cancer-fighting genes

DNA mutations causing cancer occur in cells through aging, environmental exposures, and cellular factors. By analysing thousands of cancer genomes, we found...

A hidden clock that times cytoplasmic divisions

Our recent study reveals that in fruit fly embryos, the cell's cytoplasm can divide on its own, without waiting for the nucleus or relying on the usual cell...

When two kinases go for a dance

Phosphorylation is a fundamental mechanism in eukaryotic cells that allows signals to propagate. Kinases orchestrate this process by phosphorylating proteins...

Awakening the thymus to cure SARS-CoV-2 infection: a matter of genes

Establishing an appropriate immune response is essential to recover from viral diseases such as COVID-19.The thymus, an organ of the immune system, plays a...

Keeping the balance: How epigenetics monitors cancer genes

Epigenetic regulation consists in chemical modifications on the proteins that organize DNA. Here, we show how it increases gene copies and rearranges the MLL...

An Emerging Era: Wearable Breast Ultrasonography at Home

Ultrasound is key for detecting breast cancer. However, current bulky, planar imaging devices do not fit the unique breast shape well. We have developed a new...

Chemotherapy and heart failure

Patients with a diagnosis of breast cancer or lymphoma who received chemotherapy treatment might be at risk of long-term side effects. We evaluated the...

Stressing the gut-brain axis

It is widely known that psychological stress influences many aspects of our health. This is particularly true in the case of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD),...