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A simpler, faster CRISPR

August 9, 2018 bacterial genetics, CRISPR, gene editing, Research

CRISPR technologies can be programmed to target specific sequences of genetic code and to edit DNA at precise locations. This strategy allows research scientists to

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Sorting out what drives Huntington’s disease

July 12, 2018 fruit fly, high-throughput, huntingtin, Huntington’s disease, neurological disease, Research

Neurological diseases are typically associated with a multitude of molecular changes. But out of thousands of changes in gene expression, which ones are actually driving

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Medical humanities and the search for meaning

July 11, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Andrew Childress, Medical Education, Narrative Medicine

I must admit that I’m surprised when I hear third-year medical students say they would like to have taken some humanities courses in the first

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Life after the death of my child

July 6, 2018 clinical ethics, family, Grief, Jill Oliver Robinson

Before my eight-month-old daughter, Abby, died unexpectedly, I thought I knew plenty about grief. The pervasively popular five stages of grief model, developed by Dr.

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The Hippo pathway: tailor of the developing heart

July 5, 2018 blood vessels, heart development, heart growth, Hippo pathway, Research, single cell transcriptomics

The Hippo pathway is an inhibitor of adult heart regeneration; if you take the Hippo pathway away, then the heart can regenerate. But, can the

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When DNA ancestry tests reveal something surprising

June 29, 2018 Ancestry, DNA, genetic testing, Stacey Pereira

“Hey, we’re half French,” was the text from my brother a couple of months ago, accompanying a screenshot of his Ancestry.com results. I found this

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Absence epilepsy – when the brain is like ‘an orchestra without a conductor’

June 19, 2018 2-photon microscopy, absence epilepsy, childhood epilepsy, Research, seizures

At first, the teacher described her six-year-old student as absentminded, a daydreamer. The boy was having difficulty paying attention in class. As the teacher watched

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Unprecedented initiative will sequence genomes of all known species

June 7, 2018 Allison Mickey, Earth BioGenome project, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Research

In what is perhaps the most ambitious biological proposal since the initial Human Genome Project, an international group of researchers, including a team from Baylor

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Searching for supplements that prevent folic acid-resistant neural tube defects

May 31, 2018 environmental health, folic acid supplement, formate, neural tube defetcs, Research, Slc25a32 gene

Folic acid supplementation is considered one of the most significant public health breakthroughs in recent years. By providing mandatory folic acid fortification, as 87 countries,

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The McNair Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Xaq Pitkow

May 24, 2018 Dr. Xaq Pitkow, McNair scholar, Neuroscience, Research

From the Labs sat down with McNair Scholar Dr. Xaq Pitkow to learn more not only about his research but also about him, what motivated