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Identical twins share more than identical genes

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments cancer risk, epigenetics, identical twins, Research, supersimilarity

For decades, researchers have studied genetically identical twins to estimate what proportion of disease risk is determined by one’s genes.

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A Matter of Health: Low-fat diet may lower postmenopausal pancreatic cancer risk

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments cancer risk, high-fat diet, low-fat diet, pancreatic cancer, women's study, Women’s Health Initiative

Observational studies suggest that diet may influence pancreatic cancer risk in both men and women. However, there has been no

From the Labs features a sample of adult astrocyte diversity as revealed by work conducted by Anna Yu-Szu Huang and colleagues in the Benjamin Deneen lab.