Solving the mystery of NPM1 in acute myeloid leukemia
Although it has long been recognized that mutations of gene NPM1 play an important role in acute myeloid leukemia, no one
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From The Labs
Sample size matters in multisensory integration studies
The accuracy and reproducibility of research studies are a major concern of the scientific community. At Baylor College of Medicine,
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Tracking down microRNA candidates that can contribute to disease
What started as Ninad Oak’s side project turned out into something much larger, his doctorate thesis. “The project started as
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Image of the Month: Snapshot of eye development in the fruit fly
In his lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Hugo Bellen and his colleagues work with the fruit fly, Drosophila
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Preventing sudden cardiac death with genome editing
Each year, at least 3 million people worldwide die of sudden cardiac death. In the U.S., this number reaches up
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Estrogen receptor can affect resistance to endocrine therapy and metastasis in breast cancer
Resistance to therapy is common in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer, the most common type of breast cancer, and
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INSiGHT into neural fate in the retina
Vision begins in the retina, a light-sensing neural network in the eye that is critical for our ability observe the
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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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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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