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Waste disposal centre for Paris, located in Ivry-sur-Seine. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

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23 Aug 2018

Toxins, human health, and the environment: 22 priority research questions

There is no doubt that there is an urgent need for more research on how chemical contaminants affect human health and the environment. However, what should our scientific priorities be? A study recently published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry offers a response that could help guide research policies and governmental regulations in Europe.

Drosophila. © D.J. Obbard, D.J. Obbard

Press release

09 Jul 2018

Drosophila: a novel model for the study of neurodegenerative prion diseases

Researchers from the National Veterinary School of Toulouse and INRA, together with their colleagues from Cambridge University, have discovered that mammalian prions can propagate in an animal model organism, Drosophila melanogaster, known as the fruit fly, while still maintaining all its biological properties. This study, published in Brain: A journal of Neurology (8 July 2018), opens a new era for the investigation of prion replication mechanisms in the hopes of better understanding the processes that lead to neurodegenerative diseases.

Epifluorescence image of a water-in-water Pickering emulsion (green latex beads) with core gelation to form colloidosomes (left). Confocal microscopy image showing sequestration of a fluorescent polymer in red by colloidosomes (right)

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25 Jun 2018

A new technique to encapsulate biomolecules

Scientists from INRA, CNRS and Université de Bordeaux have managed to develop a new technique that enables the production of microparticles that can spontaneously store biomolecules (colloidosomes). For the first time, they have designed such an encapsulation system in water, without using either solvent or oil. These findings open perspectives for the development of new types of capsules containing active substances, and more generally for the creation of artificial cells.

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21 Oct 2011

Bovine genomics. © INRA

Bovine genomics: Contributions to the future of livestock

Workshop held during the Livestock Summit Meeting, on October 6th, 2011, at Clermont-Ferrand (France). The workshop was organised by INRA with the participation of the French professional organisations concerned.

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Reports

Arabidopsis thaliana flowers from the INRA-Versailles collection of insertion lines. These lines are transformed by a genetic construction which features a marker gene (GUS) without promoters. When the insertion is made after the plant promoter develops, the expression of the GUS gene appears in blue, visible in this photo in the flower’s vessels. © INRA, INRA, David BOUCHEZ

Understanding the mechanism behind dominant and recessive gene expression

Epigenetics. © INRA, INRA

Livestock epigenetics: laying the foundation for future benefits

The International Centre of Microbial Resources (CIRM), yeast collection in Grignon. © INRA, MAITRE Christophe

Genetic and biological resources

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