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No bioinformatics experience required to use new CRISPR data analytical tool

April 30, 2019 analytical tool, beta-binomial modeling, bioinformatics, CRISPR, Research

It’s a new, more sensitive and accurate, quicker and more user friendly way to model CRISPR data. Developed in the lab of Dr. Zhandong Liu,

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Baylor College of Medicine Women in Science

March 14, 2019 Baylor women scientists, Research, Women in Science, Women's History Month

From the Labs celebrates Baylor College of Medicine’s Women of Science.

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SHANK3: the good, the bad and the hopeful

March 7, 2019 Autism, ERK2, kinases, missense mutation, Phelan-McDermid syndrome., Research, S685I, SHANK3

Some neuropsychiatric conditions may boil down to how well brain cells communicate with each other. This can be affected by a number of factors, including

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Baylor College of Medicine faculty members elected fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

December 18, 2018 Alzheimer's, Cancer, NAI, National Academy of Inventors, Norovirus, Research, Rett Syndrome, rotavirus

Drs. Mary K. Estes, Bert O’Malley and Huda Zoghbi of Baylor College of Medicine were three of the 148 renowned academic inventors named fellows of

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How to ‘jumpstart’ rhythmic breathing at birth

September 6, 2018 Atoh1, breathing, breathing abnormalities, parabrachial complex neurons, Research, retrotrapezoid nucleus, sudden infant death syndrome

The common expression, ‘As easy as breathing,’ is truly misleading. Breathing, as it is performed by higher vertebrates, is a complex biological function involving many

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Image of the Month: SCA1-like neurodegeneration

May 1, 2018 ataxia, mouse model, Neurodegeneration, pumilio, Purkinje cells, Research, spinocerebellar ataxia type 1

In a mouse model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1), mice carrying mutant Pumilio1 genes develop progressive motor deficits and cerebellar degeneration. Studies conducted by the

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When protein regulators go awry, neurological disease may follow

April 19, 2018 Alzheimer's Disease, Ataxin1, Mouse models, neurological disease, PUMILIO1, Research, SCA1

Scientists are expanding their horizons in their search for disease-causing genes. Consider for instance a neurological condition called spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1), a disease

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Mouse model helps solve 15q13.3 microdeletion puzzle

March 22, 2018 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome, dendritic spines, mouse model, neurodevelopmental disorder, OTUD7A, Research

Individuals with a complex neurological condition called 15q13.3 microdeletion syndrome are missing a small piece of chromosome 15 that usually contains six genes. Although this

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Atoh1, a potential Achilles’ heel of Sonic Hedgehog MB

December 12, 2017 Atoh1, brain cancer, brain tumor in children, Cerebellum, Jak2, medulloblastoma, Sonic Hedgehog, Tyrosine 78

Medulloblastoma is the most common type of solid brain tumor in children. Current treatments offer limited success and may leave patients with severe neurological side

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This two-step approach can expedite finding answers to complex genetic conditions

November 16, 2017 animal model, Autism, cell line, HIPK2, MeCP2 duplication syndrome, neurodevelopmental disorders, Neurological disorders, PP2A

To function normally, the human brain requires the right amount of a number of proteins, including MeCP2. Having twice the normal amount of MeCP2, the

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