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By Dr. Peter Hotez The announcement that the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine went to three scientists who developed antiparasitic disease drugs has

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Novel epigenetic signature for tumor suppressors in normal cells found

October 15, 2015 Cancer, epigenetics

By Glenna Vickers An epigenetic feature that may help identify novel cancer driver genes has been identified by researchers in the Dan L. Duncan Cancer

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Second trimester screening still important

October 15, 2015 Prenatal

By Julia Parsons More than 11 percent of infants born with a neural tube defect such as spina bifida were not identified before birth, according

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Pegylated enzyme helps in mice with urea cycle disorder

October 15, 2015 Genetics

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. A form of the enzyme arginase, which converts arginine to ornithine, reduces levels of arginine in the blood after both single

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Image of the Month – Cell-based trafficking of nanoparticles

September 22, 2015 nanoparticles, Surgery

Cell-based trafficking of nanoparticles is achieved through in situ uptake and transport of nanoparticles by myeloid cells. Shown here is the cell membrane of a

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A matter of health — the path to science

September 16, 2015 Award

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. In 1977, when Dr. Roger Guillemin, in formal dress, walked to the podium to receive his Nobel Prize in Medicine

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Ethical framework sets stage for explaining genome sequencing to parents/children

September 16, 2015

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. The genomics era presents complicated issues for parents and pediatricians alike as they seek to understand what the results of complete