UPDATE: The dark side of antibiotic ciprofloxacin
In July 2018, From the Labs released a post on the laboratory evidence suggesting that in a mouse model of
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Research
Understanding the importance of metastatic breast cancer research
You’ve likely seen a lot of information about the importance of breast cancer screenings and prevention this month. However, until
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Mom and dad genes and the intricate process of gene regulation
If the genome is like computer hardware, then the epigenome is the software that turns certain genes on and others
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McNair Scholar Spotlight: Dr. Xiang “Shawn” Zhang
From the Labs sat down with McNair Scholar Dr. Xiang “Shawn” Zhang to learn more about him, his research, his
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Turning unexpected results into research tools
One way to study neuronal function is by altering the activity of the neurons and then observing the outcomes, just
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Predicting gain-of-function mutations linked to disease
Genes can cause disease because of mutations that result in loss-of-function; for instance, when the mutated gene is not producing
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Image of the Month: Mitochondria in human adipocytes
In his lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Sean M. Hartig and his colleagues investigate novel ways to
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He said/she said about body weight control
When male and female mice eat the same high-fat diet, the males gain significantly more weight than the females. The
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The social amoeba’s surviving balancing act
Single-celled bodies of the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum live in the soil voraciously feeding on bacteria. As this food source
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What altered gene regulatory regions can do for cancer
The genome includes genes – sequences of DNA that encode the proteins that keep our body working – and regulatory
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