Genomics Archives - Baylor College of Medicine Blog Network

“Genomics of Rare Diseases” offers readers a broad understanding of current knowledge on rare diseases from a genomics perspective.

From The Labs

Metabolomics meets genomics to improve patient diagnosis

July 7, 2020 genetic diagnosis, Genomics, metabolomics, Research, undiagnosed disease

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have improved their ability to identify the genetic cause of undiagnosed conditions.

Momentum

The next frontier in the battle against childhood cancer: Genetics and genomics

October 9, 2018 Cancer, Genetics, Genomics, Nicole Blanton, Pediatric Cancer, pediatrics

Cancer is the leading cause of death from disease among children, and although mortality rates continue to decline, coping with a diagnosis does not get

From The Labs

Searching for targets for ependymoma chemotherapy

March 8, 2018 Chemotherapy, childhood brain tumor, ependymoma, epigenomisc, Genomics, Research

From a clinical perspective, the treatment for ependymoma – the third most common childhood brain tumor – has changed little over the last 20 years.

Policywise

Intelligence and genetic essentialism

June 16, 2017 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Cody Brannan, Discrimination, DNA, Genetic Essentialism, Genetics, Genomics, Health Policy Program, Neuroethics, Neuroscience, Research, Science Policy

In 1869, Francis Galton reasoned that if human intellect was determined to be hereditary, then it “would be quite practicable to produce a highly-gifted race