Research Stories

Biomedicine

Cellular recycling may help patients with lethal disease

New basic research from BRIC suggests a new therapeutic strategy for patients with the deadly…

Cancer research

Danish researchers find new anti-cancer gene

Researchers from BRIC and Rigshospitalet show that a previously undescribed gene, PRDM11, inhibits…

Cancer Research

Newly identified gene codes turn up cancer growth

Research from BRIC adds new layer to gene regulation and delivers a target for cancer therapy.

Cell identity and cancer

Target for cancer therapy protects cell identity

New research from BRIC identifies crucial mechanism for maintaining cell identity and enables new…

Gene research

Enzyme controls transport of genomic building blocks

Research from BRIC, University of Copenhagen, shows how the enzyme TLK1 turns a cellular carrier of…

Technological discovery

New technology detect cellular memory

New technology developed at BRIC, University of Copenhagen, reveal secrets of cellular memory

Brain disease

New blood cells fight brain inflammation

Researchers from BRIC have identified a new group of anti-inflammatory blood cells in patients with…

DNA research

Proteins essential for DNA copying identified

Results confirm prevalent theory A link between DNA copying and availability of histones was alread…

Stem cell therapy

Stem cells converted to living intestinal patches

Researchers from BRIC identifies new population of stem cells than can be grown as living patches i…

Neurobiology

Worm research: Right combination of sugars regulates brain development

New research from BRIC show that sugars guide neuronal migration and control development of the…

Stem cell research

Shining stem cells reveals how our skin is maintained

New research results from BRIC, University of Copenhagen and Cambridge University, challenge curren…

Worm model reveals gene causing neuronal programming

The Pocock Group at BRIC, University of Copenhagen, is digging deep into the mechanisms behind the…

Self-repair

Researchers find molecular switch turning on self-renewal upon liver damage

New research has identified a protein complex that acts as a molecular switch turning on a…

Protein paves the way for correct stem cell differentiation

Researchers from BRIC, University of Copenhagen, gain new insight into the molecular switches…

Researchers find gene that turns up effect of chemotherapy

Chemotherapy is one of the most common treatments for cancer patients. New research from BRIC and…

Researchers prevent cancer spread by blocking tissue scarring

New research findings on fibrosis and cancer metastasis from Associate Professor Janine Erler's…

Defect in transport system cause DNA chaos in red blood cells

Researchers from BRIC, University of Copenhagen, have just found a mechanism of the protein…

REST is crucial for the timing of brain development

Researchers from BRIC have just shown that the molecule REST acts as an adapter between genetic…

Small molecules can starve cancer cells

Researchers from BRIC have found that a small molecule in our cells can block autophagy in cancer…

New discovery can improve breast cancer treatment

BRIC researchers have elucidated BRCA2 function - the new knowledge can improve breast cancer…