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Diet at conception could have long-lasting effects

June 15, 2015 Cancer, diet, epigenetics, Genetics, Nutrition, preconception, Prenatal

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. What a mother eats around the time of conception can have a lifelong effect on how certain of her child’s genes

From The Labs

Autophagy: Protector against lung inflammation and fibrosis

June 15, 2015 autophagy, Genetics, lungs, pulmonary fibrosis, sepsis

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. When bacteria or viruses invade the body, a process called autophagy, or “self-eating,” springs into action to take the invaders to

Momentum

Precision medicine: Baylor partners with Mayo Clinic to study drug-gene safety

May 15, 2015 Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Richard Gibbs, Genetics, Healthcare, Houston, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Research, Technology

As the genome helps unlock health mysteries and advance individualized medicine, researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Mayo Clinic are going to examine genomic

Policywise

Exploring benefits, limitations of genomic sequencing

April 29, 2015 Audrey M. Marks, Baylor College of Medicine, Biomedical ethics, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Dr. Amy McGuire, Genetics, Genome Sequencing, TED talks

Given the opportunity, would you take a test to determine your chances of developing cancer or a disease like Alzheimer’s disease? Amy McGuire, Leon Jaworski

From The Labs

MiMIC proves versatile tool for fruit fly research

April 15, 2015 Genetics

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. The “Swiss Army Knife” of the fruit fly laboratory – dubbed MiMIC (Minos-mediated integration cassette) – provided the basis for

From The Labs

A matter of health — Naming disorders brings order to nomenclature

April 15, 2015 Genetics

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Ever wonder how diseases or disorders get their names? Why aren’t diseases caused by gene mutations named after the gene involved?

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month.

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Angelina Jolie’s public disclosure of preventative cancer fight saving lives

March 26, 2015 Angelina Jolie, BRCA1, Breast Cancer, Cancer, cancer prevention, Cathy Sullivan, Dr. Julie Nangia, Education, Genetics, Healthcare, Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Breast Center, ovarian cancer, Women's Health

In the last two years, actress Angelina Jolie—an identified carrier of a genetic mutation (BRCA) that significantly increases her risk for developing breast and ovarian

From The Labs

Many paths to degeneration for neurons

March 16, 2015 Genetics, genome

By Ruth SoRelle, M.P.H. Adult neurons are touchy. Too much protein can throw them off course, resulting in neurodegeneration. After showing how mutant ATAXIN1 (the

Momentum

Baylor center seeks to understand deadly outcome in epilepsy

February 23, 2015 Baylor College of Medicine, Center without Walls, Dr. Jeffrey Noebels, epilepsy, Genetics, Graciela Gutierrez, Grants, Houston, molecular and human genetics, National Institute of Health, Neurology, Research, sudden unexpected death in epilepsy, SUDEP

Dr. Jeffrey Noebels, professor of neurology and molecular and human genetics, is leading a new research center of international scientists who seek to answer questions

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And the (lab) Grammy goes to…

February 17, 2015 Awards, Awards and Honors, Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Erez Aiden, Genetics, Houston, human genome, molecular and human genetics, Research, Technology

While you may have tuned into the Grammy awards this month, a smaller group waited at their keyboard to see who would win the 2015