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Friday September 25 2009

First issue of BIO'actif — out now!

BIO'actif n°1 CEA
Atouts Bio and CEA Bio give way to BIO'actif: the new review published by CEA’s life sciences division. This new broadbase quarterly delivers the latest news on research at 8 Life Sciences Division (‘DSV’) research institutes, with updates on developments at the DSV Fontenay-aux-Roses centre. The features highlight research challenges and outlooks and the potential applications for healthcare and biomedical technology. Sign up — it’s free!


BIO'actif issue 1 — September 2009

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Spreading news

• Heliobiotec tames photosynthesis
• Plankton, a chemist with a bagful of tricks
• Immunid: spin-off taking root
• Biotechnologies, from research through to industry
• Distinctions
• CEA Fontenay-aux-Roses: socially-responsible research and transparency policy


Deciphering research

• Healthcare technology: the full programme
Society nurtures many pressing expectations on public health: earlier diagnostic capabilities, new therapeutic strategies, custom-tailored therapy, and the list goes on. The best-geared responses to many medical issues apply technological developments. Backed by the comprehensive skills range of its researchers, from pure research to industrial applications, the CEA plays a leadership role in medical technology innovation.

Moving forward

• Pushing towards novel perspectives for tuberculosis therapy
• Mental arithmetic activates the cortical circuitry involved in spatial attention
• Regulating the production of red blood cells: bringing balance under control
• Controlling complex flows: inspiration from the plant world
• New guardianship of genome integrity
• RNA interference
• NMR spectroscopy: revealing protein dynamics
• Genomics and proteomics: a powerful alliance


Highlights

• Sign up for walk-round tours of our laboratories!
• New out: Toxicologie nucléaire environnementale et humaine [Human and environmental nuclear toxicology] (Lavoisier)
• Calendar

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