Globine et Poïétine doivent sauver la vie de la petite Lili. Mais le temps passe et la moelle rouge reste... More > introuvable...
Ce fabuleux voyage, parsemé de mille et une péripéties, t'entraînera jusqu'au tréfonds du corps humain. < Less

This is the tale of two molecules - Globin and Poietin - who set out to save a little girl's life. Written originally in... More > French, it was read to children, in the Spring of 2002, by two actors. The success was such that we decided to publish a book. First in French, in July 2003, and then in English.

Read about the adventures of Globin and Poietin who will take you into the depths of Lily's body where you will discover many other molecules who will help Globin and Poietin in their endeavour. There is much fun and laughter in this story, and children will discover the very small and surprising world that thrives within each one of us. < Less

Globine et Poïétine doivent sauver la vie de la petite Lili. Mais le temps passe et la moelle rouge reste... More > introuvable...
Ce fabuleux voyage, parsemé de mille et une péripéties, t'entraînera jusqu'au tréfonds du corps humain. < Less

“Tales From A Small World” is a collection of articles originally published on the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics... More > Protein Spotlight site, enriched with poems by the delightfully unconventional Dublin poet, Pat Ingoldsby. Each article tells the story of a given protein - of which there are hundreds of thousands - from what it does in our body, how it does it, who discovered it, to how such information can help save lives.

Here, barely a hundred proteins are described. But they give you a fair idea of the scope of activities performed by such tiny entities. You will find out why little girls are girls, and little boys are boys. Why a lobster changes colour when boiled. What it is that makes you cry when you cut an onion. Whether infidelity is particular to males. Why glue sticks. And what it is that makes an eye blue. < Less

This is the tale of two molecules - Globin and Poietin - who set out to save a little girl's life. Written originally in... More > French, it was read to children, in the Spring of 2002, by two actors. The success was such that we decided to publish a book. First in French, in July 2003, and then in English.

Read about the adventures of Globin and Poietin who will take you into the depths of Lily's body where you will discover many other molecules who will help Globin and Poietin in their endeavour. There is much fun and laughter in this story, and children will discover the very small and surprising world that thrives within each one of us. < Less