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“Bee venom to treat central nervous system diseases”
Cross sections of wild type or TLK2 deficient embryos stained for the proliferative marker Ki67. Embryos lacking TLK2 (left) appear morphologically normal but developmentally delayed. (S. Segura-Bayona, IRB Barcelona)
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Crucial gene in the development of the placenta discovered
Image: 24Hours Naija News.
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"Wasp venom in cancer therapy"
Image: Quo.
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Salvador Aznar Benitah: "Eating certain fats stimulates metastasis"
IRB Barcelona director Joan J. Guinovart. Image: ACES.
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Joan J. Guinovart: "I'm sure that a Catalan scientist will win the Nobel Prize one day"
Glycogen (black particles) accumulates in large amounts in the muscle due to the absence of the protein glycogenin (Giorgia Testoni, IRB Barcelona)
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"Excess muscle glycogen reduces endurance"
Image: Shbarcelona.
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"Discover IRB Barcelona, a world-class research centre"
Manuel Serrano and part of his team in the new laboratory of the IRB Barcelona. Image: Fundació Bancària "la Caixa".
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"Looking for a drug to kill damaged cells"
Fluorescence microscopy image of the hypothalamus arcuate nucleus with POMC neurons in green (Image: Alicia G Gómez-Valadés).
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Marc Claret: "This discovery may have an implication for diseases such as diabetes"