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Do White Blood Cells Make Cancer Deadly?

Previous PASPCR President, Prof. John Pawelek, proposes that tumors start to spread, or metastasize, after fusing with white blood cells. His interesting theory has been now explained in a recent article published in Scientific American (January 2009 issue). Quoting this article, it says: “The ability to spread underlies the killing power of cancer. The process […]

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IPCC 2011 WEB site

The WEB site for the next International Pigment Cell Conference (IPCC2011), to be held in Bordeaux (France) in 2011 has been released. This meeting is organised by Prof. Alain Taïeb. Please, visit the IPCC 2011 web site and fill a form if you wish to submit comments or suggest any idea concerning the topics and organization of the […]

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Color Genes WEB

The WEB page that contains the most updated information about COLOR GENES has changed its name to better reflect the wide variety of loci involved in pigmentation, including some that do not affect or involve coat color. Therefore, the old name of “Coat Color Genes” has been updated to COLOR GENES. This WEB page is […]

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Coat Color Genes WEB updated

Coat Color Genes WEB The Coat Color Genes WEB has been updated. 79 new loci have been added as cloned and uncloned pigmentary genes. This site, hosted at the ESPCR WEB, now holds information of 210 genes that are directly or indirectly related to pigmentation, and also includes up to 84 mouse pictures, generously contributed […]

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