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A team of scientists from the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University led by Vladimír Varga (IMG) managed to optimize the method of expansion microscopy, which has so far been used mainly to study mammalian cells, so that it can now be used to study significantly smaller protozoan cells.
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In a new report in Nature Cell Biology, the laboratory of Petr Svoboda from the Institute of Molecular Genetics (IMG) of the Czech Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the laboratory of Atsuo Ogura from the RIKEN institute, Japan shows how genome protection in mammalian gametes works.
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An international research team led by Meritxell Alberich-Jorda (IMG) published a study in the Stem Cell Reports journal that identifies cells and molecules present in the donor’s blood as key elements controlling hematopoietic stem cell activity in bone marrow transplantation.
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In the new research, a team of scientists led by David Staněk (IMG) described a protein that ensures correct assembly, and thus the function of the so-called splicing complex, one of the largest molecular complexes in human cells composed of 150 different components.
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Experts from the Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences managed to find a hitherto unknown protein and describe its role in cell division. Their knowledge could be used in the future to control cell division in anticancer treatment. [continue]