	24 Jul 2023
	Written by Katherine Denyer
	Research buzz

Lung cancer cells can go ‘off grid’

Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute have found that some particularly aggressive lung cancer cells can develop their own electric network, like that seen in the body’s ner… More...

The researchers liken the dual role of CDKN2A to the ancient Roman god of transitions Janus,

Surprising ‘two-faced’ cancer gene role supports paradigm shift in predicting disease

Researchers from the Crick and Barts have shown that a genetic fault long believed to drive the development of oesophage… More...

Teaser image credit: Ernesto del Aguila III, NHGRI

Uncovering the role of Y chromosome genes in male fertility in mice

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Tateossian, H. and Southern, A. et al. eLife

Genetic cause for main type of hearing loss in children with Down syndrome identified

Researchers at the Crick, MRC Harwell Institute and UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology have identified the genetic … More...

Credit: Tiago Rito, Marie-Charlotte Domart

Building a backbone: scientists recreate the body’s ‘GPS system’ in the lab

Colleagues have generated human stem cell models which, for the first time, contain notochord – a tissue in the developi… More...

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