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Spanish researchers develop a biomarker that will allow to treat most serious cancers
A new study, by researchers from the National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) and other international institutions, published this week in the journal Nature, provides a series of biomarkers that could make it possible to choose the optimal therapy for tumours with the...
Apply now for the SciTech DiploHub Science and Technology Diplomacy Summer School 2022
SciTech DiploHub, the Barcelona Science and Technology Diplomacy Hub and IBEI, the leading academic and research institution on global affairs from Barcelona, have partnered to offer a first-of-its-kind, university-accredited training in Science and Technology...
Researchers at the CRG prove that chromatin originated in ancient microbes
In almost every human cell, two meters of DNA must fit into a nucleus that is only a few millionths of a meter in size. Like wool in a skein, this extreme challenge of space requires the DNA to wrap itself around proteins called histones. This spiral genetic...
Spanish and British researchers prove the role of the male germ in the structural evolution of the genome
Analysis of the genomes of different mammals has shown that, although they all have a similar catalogue of genes, they may be ordered differently and turned on and off differently. These chromosomal rearrangements influence gene function and regulation and contribute...
Researchers from the Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIC-UPV) develop a new system to produce hydrogen
An international team of scientists, in which the Institute of Chemical Technology ( ITQ, a mixed centre of the CSIC and the Polytechnic University of Valencia) participates, has developed a new electrified reactor to obtain hydrogen in a more sustainable and...
Subsidies for encouraging translation into foreign languages
The Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport has opened the invitation to apply for subsidies to finance the cost of translating literary (both classical and contemporary), or scientific works into foreign languages. These works must either have been published by Spanish...