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  • The Institut Pasteur and Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for molecular medicine partner to form global genomics center

 

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The Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Molecular Medicine (CSSIOMM) and the Institut Pasteur announced on October 28, 2015 a partnership to establish The Pasteur Global Health Genomics Center (PGHGC).

The aim of the PGHGC is to advance genomic research utilizing next-generation patient information systems needed to support the acquisition and usage of high-quality sequencing data.

 

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  • Noise-induced hearing loss - genetic cause and mechanism discovered

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Scientists at the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, the Collège de France and Pierre & Marie Curie University, working closely with scientists at the University of Auvergne, have recently discovered the function of pejvakin, a molecule that plays a vital role in the hearing system.

The absence of this molecule appears to be responsible for noise-induced hearing loss, one of the most common causes of deafness.

The scientists' discovery, which was published on November 5 in the journal Cell, offers new prospects for the treatment of this condition.

 

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