Genome Sequencing Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

Invisible to the naked eye: Space omics and the need for sample collection guidelines

June 10, 2025 Genetics, Genome Sequencing, GENSTAR, Research, space travel, TRISH

The GENESTAR manual establishes guidelines for collecting omics data in a spaceflight context, outlining TRISH’s Space Omics program.

From The Labs

Ready for space travel? GENESTAR can track how space affects your health

May 27, 2025 Genestar, genetics research, Genome Sequencing, Healthcare, omics technologies, Research, space travel

GENESTAR is a comprehensive biospecimen collection plan that uses cutting-edge technologies to study genes, proteins and other molecules in the body.

The intersection of big data and genomics

From The Labs

A wide spectrum of human neurological diseases linked to variations of one gene, DHX9

July 25, 2023 DHX9, genetic diagnosis, Genome Sequencing, genomic variation, neurological disease, neuropathy, Research, undiagnosed disease

This study shows that gene DHX9 is involved in regulating mammalian neurodevelopment and neuronal well-being.

From The Labs

Genome sequencing reveals baboon evolution, and more

February 12, 2019 baboon evolution, Genome Sequencing, human evolution, Research

Can baboon genome sequencing give a hint at human evolution? “Baboons have long attracted scientific attention because they evolved within the same sub-Saharan African habitat

From The Labs

Uncovering the secrets of the sooty mangabey’s resistance to SIV

February 22, 2018 AIDS, AIDS resistance, Genome Sequencing, HIV, SIV, sooty mangabey

Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection in macaques behaves in a similar way as infection by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in humans, progressing into acquired immunodeficiency

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

Momentum

Family helps advance research into rare disease

July 16, 2014 Dr. Hamed Jafar-Neiad, Dr. Huda Zoghbi, Dr. Matthew Bainbridge, Genetics, Genome Sequencing, Healthcare, Human Genome Sequencing Center, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, molecular and human genetics, NGLY1 deficiency, pediatrics, Research

Baylor College of Medicine’s genetics program continues to break barriers in diagnosing rare diseases through the use of advanced genome testing. Often the diagnosis is