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27 April 2021 Microscope image of liver cells, highlighted in various colours.

Painting liver cells

Science & Technology A page from a biologist’s colouring book? EMBL’s new interior wall design? Not quite – a bunch of liver cells, grown in the lab so that scientists can learn about fatty liver disease, or steatosis.

2021

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2 November 2018 RNA-binding protein

Catching up on protein dynamics

Science & Technology The Hentze Lab enhanced a RNA-interactome capture technique to pave the way towards medical progress

2018

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2 March 2017

Metabolism matters

Science & Technology Differentiated and undifferentiated cells get energy in different ways, sensor made at EMBL shows

2017

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5 February 2008

Europe’s most common genetic disease is a liver disorder

Science & Technology Much less widely known than the dangerous consequences of iron deficiencies is the fact that too much iron can also cause problems. The exact origin of the genetic iron overload disorder hereditary hemochromatosis [HH] has remained elusive. In a joint effort, researchers from the European Molecular…

2008

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8 January 2008

Life savers in the gut

Science & Technology Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) have discovered that proteins that regulate the body’s iron household play a vital role in making sure enough nutrients and water are absorbed in the intestine. Mice lacking these proteins suffer from weight loss and…

2008

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5 June 2007

Uncovering the molecular basis of obesity

Science & Technology Why does the same diet make some of us gain more weight than others? The answer could be a molecule called Bsx, as scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the German Institute for Nutrition (DIFE), Potsdam, and the University of Cincinnati report in the current issue of…

2007

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