The chromatophore organs, which appear as hundreds of multi-colored freckles on the surface of a cephalopod's body, contribute to fast changes in skin color
Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonellosis (iNTS) occurs when Salmonella bacteria, which normally cause gastrointestinal illness, enter the bloodstream and spread through the human body
An international team of scientists led by CRG program coordinator Roderic Guigó shows that changes in gene expression in different tissues can be used to predict the time of death of individuals
The new platform combines microfluidic lab-on-a-chip technology with physiologically relevant 3D spheroids to enable formation and long-term culture of 3D multicellular tumors / organoids for drug screening and individualized chemosensitivity testing
In two papers, Virtual Twin employs modeling and simulation to determine the optimal drug dosing regimen and assess cardiac toxicity risk for individual patients
Researchers found that telomere length testing results also could help identify people who are at increased risk for developing diseases associated with short telomeres