DNA ‘echoes’ of viruses that infected our ancestors millions of years ago could help the immune system to identify and kill cancer cells, according to new research from Crick scientists.The new study, published in Genome Research, looked at ‘endogenous retroviruses’, fragments of ...
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A research team headed by scientists at the Francis Crick Institute in London, U.K., has developed and validated a 20-gene signature that can discriminate active tuberculosis (TB) from latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) and can also predict if an asymptomatic...
Read More »RNA-Seq sheds light on motor neuron death in ALS
A new study from Crick researchers shows that collaboration can be easy when you are part of a culture that supports it. We caught up with the scientists involved to find out how working...
Read More »RNA Sequencing provides new insights into infertility-causing sex chromosome disorders
Research carried out by Francis Crick Institute scientists provides new insights into sex chromosome disorders which typically cause infertility, such as Turner syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome. Through their research, the scientists have discovered an exception to a ‘rule’ or ‘principle’ ...
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