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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From The Labs
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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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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