Comprehensive clinical study confirms the molecular link between microcephaly caused by Zika and ANKLE2 variants
This study shows that ANKLE2 mutations can cause a wide range of severity in microcephaly among patients.
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April is National Autism Awareness Month
From the Labs presents a sample of Baylor’s basic research work contributing to a better understanding of autism and related disorders.
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The fruit fly helps unravel the genetics of autism
In this study, ASD emerges not as one disorder involving many genes, but as hundreds of disorders caused by certain individual gene variants.
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An organic insecticide is more damaging to non-target insects than synthetics
Very low concentrations of the popular organic insecticide Spinosad have profound effects on beneficial insect species.
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Image of the Month: Visualization of an easier, more effective way to study gene function
The image represents a visual perspective of a more efficient technology to study gene function in the laboratory fruit fly.
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Studying gene function is now easier, faster and more efficient
A drug-based genetic platform enables scientists to follow genetic manipulations in the laboratory fruit fly more efficiently.
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BICRA gene variants linked to a neurodevelopmental disorder
Genetic testing of an undiagnosed condition triggered a study that linked the BICRA to a neurodevelopmental disorder.
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‘Rule-breakers’ help identify novel gene variants that modify risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease
Using novel methodologies, researchers identified 216 new gene variants, many previously not suspected to play a role in Alzheimer’s disease.
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Image of the Month: Nervous tissue of the fruit fly embryo
The fruit fly is a valuable animal model to unravel the genetic causes of both rare and more common human diseases. This Image of the
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New undiagnosed disease linked to variants of WDR37 gene
A new undiagnosed neurological syndrome that is characterized by brain malformations and a range of symptoms including visual impairment, epilepsy, developmental delays and intellectual disability
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