Institute of Medical Biology (IMB)

Adding back a gene that is missing in cells from patients with skin fragility disorders restores the cells’ normal response to stress

Self-healing skin cancer and Loeys–Dietz syndrome are caused by mutations in the same gene

Time-lapse imaging reveals how cells get a feel for their environment

The discovery of a rare genetic mutation sheds new light on bone and limb development

Efforts to understand a signaling factor’s contradictory behavior reveal a master switch for organ development

Genetically modified mice could help scientists find a cure for Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome

Scaffolds that are able to support stem-cell proliferation and differentiation in culture may not have the same effects in the human body

The human papillomavirus protein E2 may serve as a diagnostic marker for cervical intraepithelial neoplasia, the precursor stages of cervical cancer

Cancer cells secrete proteins that help them adapt to low-oxygen environments

HPV18 puts women at a higher risk of developing cervical cancer because the virus converts a repressor of the cell cycle into an activator

Mutations in a structural protein sabotage signaling pathways that control skin cell survival

A regulatory protein tells cells when to rein in their leading edge